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CVE-2023-53067: LoongArch: Only call get_timer_irq() once in constant_clockevent_init()

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: 0.19% (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 acadbd058fa12b510fbecca11eae22bd6f654250, b9c379e1d7e141b102f41858c9b8f6f36e7c89a4, bb7a78e343468873bf00b2b181fcfd3c02d8cb56.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux acadbd058fa12b510fbecca11eae22bd6f654250, b9c379e1d7e141b102f41858c9b8f6f36e7c89a4, bb7a78e343468873bf00b2b181fcfd3c02d8cb56 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: LoongArch: Only call get_timer_irq() once in constant_clockevent_init() Under CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP=y and CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y, we can see the following messages on LoongArch, this is because using might_sleep() in preemption disable context. [ 0.001127] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ... [ 0.001222] Booting CPU#1... [ 0.001244] 64-bit Loongson Processor probed (LA464 Core) [ 0.001247] CPU1 revision is: 0014c012 (Loongson-64bit) [ 0.001250] FPU1 revision is: 00000000 [ 0.001252] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:283 [ 0.001255] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 0, name: swapper/1 [ 0.001257] preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 [ 0.001258] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [ 0.001259] Preemption disabled at: [ 0.001261] [<9000000000223800>] arch_dup_task_struct+0x20/0x110 [ 0.001272] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc7+ #43 [ 0.001275] Hardware name: Loongson Loongson-3A5000-7A1000-1w-A2101/Loongson-LS3A5000-7A1000-1w-A2101, BIOS vUDK2018-LoongArch-V4.0.05132-beta10 12/13/202 [ 0.001277] Stack : 0072617764726148 0000000000000000 9000000000222f1c 90000001001e0000 [ 0.001286] 90000001001e3be0 90000001001e3be8 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 0.001292] 90000001001e3be8 0000000000000040 90000001001e3cb8 90000001001e3a50 [ 0.001297] 9000000001642000 90000001001e3be8 be694d10ce4139dd 9000000100174500 [ 0.001303] 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 00000000ffffe0a2 0000000000000020 [ 0.001309] 000000000000002f 9000000001354116 00000000056b0000 ffffffffffffffff [ 0.001314] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 90000000014f6e90 9000000001642000 [ 0.001320] 900000000022b69c 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 9000000001736a90 [ 0.001325] 9000000100038000 0000000000000000 9000000000222f34 0000000000000000 [ 0.001331] 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000070000 [ 0.001337] ... [ 0.001339] Call Trace: [ 0.001342] [<9000000000222f34>] show_stack+0x5c/0x180 [ 0.001346] [<90000000010bdd80>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x88 [ 0.001352] [<9000000000266418>] __might_resched+0x180/0x1cc [ 0.001356] [<90000000010c742c>] mutex_lock+0x20/0x64 [ 0.001359] [<90000000002a8ccc>] irq_find_matching_fwspec+0x48/0x124 [ 0.001364] [<90000000002259c4>] constant_clockevent_init+0x68/0x204 [ 0.001368] [<900000000022acf4>] start_secondary+0x40/0xa8 [ 0.001371] [<90000000010c0124>] smpboot_entry+0x60/0x64 Here are the complete call chains: smpboot_entry() start_secondary() constant_clockevent_init() get_timer_irq() irq_find_matching_fwnode() irq_find_matching_fwspec() mutex_lock() might_sleep() __might_sleep() __might_resched() In order to avoid the above issue, we should break the call chains, using timer_irq_installed variable as check condition to only call get_timer_irq() once in constant_clockevent_init() is a simple and proper way.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 2, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 9th percentile
CWE
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CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected versions

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  • linux linux kernel5.19 and later · before 6.1.21
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.2.8

Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 5.19affected
    • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 and later · before b9c379e1d7e141b102f41858c9b8f6f36e7c89a4affected · git
    • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 and later · before acadbd058fa12b510fbecca11eae22bd6f654250affected · git
    • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 and later · before bb7a78e343468873bf00b2b181fcfd3c02d8cb56affected · git
    • before 5.19not affected · semver
    • 6.1.21 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.2.8 and later · up to and including 6.2.*not affected · semver
    • 6.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

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EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.25-16.1.25-1

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linuxacadbd058fa12b510fbecca11eae22bd6f654250Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb9c379e1d7e141b102f41858c9b8f6f36e7c89a4Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbb7a78e343468873bf00b2b181fcfd3c02d8cb56Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.25-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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EPSS, last 120 days

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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)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

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