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CVE-2023-53326: powerpc: Don't try to copy PPR for task with NULL pt_regs

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.14% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 01849382373b867ddcbe7536b9dfa89f3bcea60e, 064a1c7b0f8403260d77627e62424a72ca26cee2, 7624973bc15b76d000e8e6f9b8080fcb76d36595.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 01849382373b867ddcbe7536b9dfa89f3bcea60e, 064a1c7b0f8403260d77627e62424a72ca26cee2, 7624973bc15b76d000e8e6f9b8080fcb76d36595 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc: Don't try to copy PPR for task with NULL pt_regs powerpc sets up PF_KTHREAD and PF_IO_WORKER with a NULL pt_regs, which from my (arguably very short) checking is not commonly done for other archs. This is fine, except when PF_IO_WORKER's have been created and the task does something that causes a coredump to be generated. Then we get this crash: Kernel attempted to read user page (160) - exploit attempt? (uid: 1000) BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000160 Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000c3a60 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=32 NUMA pSeries Modules linked in: bochs drm_vram_helper drm_kms_helper xts binfmt_misc ecb ctr syscopyarea sysfillrect cbc sysimgblt drm_ttm_helper aes_generic ttm sg libaes evdev joydev virtio_balloon vmx_crypto gf128mul drm dm_mod fuse loop configfs drm_panel_orientation_quirks ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_generic usbhid hid xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbcore usb_common sd_mod CPU: 1 PID: 1982 Comm: ppc-crash Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2+ #88 Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER9 (raw) 0x4e1202 0xf000005 of:SLOF,HEAD hv:linux,kvm pSeries NIP: c0000000000c3a60 LR: c000000000039944 CTR: c0000000000398e0 REGS: c0000000041833b0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (6.3.0-rc2+) MSR: 800000000280b033 <SF,VEC,VSX,EE,FP,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 88082828 XER: 200400f8 ... NIP memcpy_power7+0x200/0x7d0 LR ppr_get+0x64/0xb0 Call Trace: ppr_get+0x40/0xb0 (unreliable) __regset_get+0x180/0x1f0 regset_get_alloc+0x64/0x90 elf_core_dump+0xb98/0x1b60 do_coredump+0x1c34/0x24a0 get_signal+0x71c/0x1410 do_notify_resume+0x140/0x6f0 interrupt_exit_user_prepare_main+0x29c/0x320 interrupt_exit_user_prepare+0x6c/0xa0 interrupt_return_srr_user+0x8/0x138 Because ppr_get() is trying to copy from a PF_IO_WORKER with a NULL pt_regs. Check for a valid pt_regs in both ppc_get/ppr_set, and return an error if not set. The actual error value doesn't seem to be important here, so just pick -EINVAL. [mpe: Trim oops in change log, add Fixes & Cc stable]

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 16, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 4th percentile

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22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected versions

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  • linux linux kernel4.8 and later · before 5.10.177
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.106
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.23
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.2.10
  • linux linux kernel6.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.8affected
    • fa439810cc1b3c927ec24ede17d02467e1b143a1 and later · before 80a4200d51e5a7e046f4a90f5faa5bafd5a60c58affected · git
    • fa439810cc1b3c927ec24ede17d02467e1b143a1 and later · before 7624973bc15b76d000e8e6f9b8080fcb76d36595affected · git
    • fa439810cc1b3c927ec24ede17d02467e1b143a1 and later · before 064a1c7b0f8403260d77627e62424a72ca26cee2affected · git
    • fa439810cc1b3c927ec24ede17d02467e1b143a1 and later · before 01849382373b867ddcbe7536b9dfa89f3bcea60eaffected · git
    • fa439810cc1b3c927ec24ede17d02467e1b143a1 and later · before fd7276189450110ed835eb0a334e62d2f1c4e3beaffected · git
    • before 4.8not affected · semver
    • 5.10.177 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.106 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 6.1.23 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.25-16.1.25-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

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  • Later →CVE-2023-53327Sep 16, 2025 · iommufd/selftest: Catch overflow of uptr and length
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux01849382373b867ddcbe7536b9dfa89f3bcea60eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux064a1c7b0f8403260d77627e62424a72ca26cee2Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7624973bc15b76d000e8e6f9b8080fcb76d36595Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux80a4200d51e5a7e046f4a90f5faa5bafd5a60c58Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxfd7276189450110ed835eb0a334e62d2f1c4e3beVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.25-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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Timeline

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Variant candidates

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Chain candidates

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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