linux — security advisory

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  "id": "b60ca97980ec53e991cf4853fb19395b47a9afc73dedb2f1fd1a4ec795ee5770",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fprobe: Release rethook after the ftrace_ops is unregistered While running bpf selftests it's possible to get following fault: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address \\ 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI ... Call Trace: fprobe_handler+0xc1/0x270 ? __pfx_bpf_testmod_init+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_bpf_testmod_init+0x10/0x10 ? bpf_fentry_test1+0x5/0x10 ? bpf_fentry_test1+0x5/0x10 ? bpf_testmod_init+0x22/0x80 ? do_one_initcall+0x63/0x2e0 ? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40 ? kmalloc_trace+0xaf/0xc0 ? do_init_module+0x60/0x250 ? __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x120 ? do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc In unregister_fprobe function we can't release fp->rethook while it's possible there are some of its users still running on another cpu. Moving rethook_free call after fp->ops is unregistered with unregister_ftrace_function call.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557",
    "products": [
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          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.1.52-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.1.27-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.37-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.38-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.38-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.38-2~bpo11+1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.38-3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.38-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.1.38-4~bpo11+1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
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        "name": {
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          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.4.11-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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            "value": "6.4.11-1",
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        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "6.1.52-1"
                }
              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
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            "6.1.37-1",
            "6.1.38-1",
            "6.1.38-2",
            "6.1.38-2~bpo11+1",
            "6.1.38-3",
            "6.1.38-4",
            "6.1.38-4~bpo11+1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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              "events": [
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                {
                  "fixed": "6.4.11-1"
                }
              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53557.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:45.834173458Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-53557"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53557"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-53557",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 456820,
  "published_at": "2025-10-04T16:15:51.05+00:00"
}