VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-52576
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-03-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm, kexec, ima: Use memblock_free_late() from ima_free_kexec_buffer() The code calling ima_free_kexec_buffer() runs long after the memblock allocator has already been torn down, potentially resulting in a use after free in memblock_isolate_range(). With KASAN or KFENCE, this use after free will result in a BUG from the idle task, and a subsequent kernel panic. Switch ima_free_kexec_buffer() over to memblock_free_late() to avoid that bug.
Weakness classification
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-416