PT-2023-8770 · Linux+10 · Linux Kernel+10

Nathan Lynch

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Published

2023-12-01

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Updated

2025-09-29

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CVE-2023-52451

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The vulnerability is related to the dlpar memory remove by index() function in the powerpc/pseries/memhp module of the Linux kernel. This function may access beyond the bounds of the drmem lmb array when the LMB lookup fails to match an entry with the given DRC index. As a result, the cursor is left pointing to an invalid entry, and the debug message at the end of the function then dereferences this pointer, leading to a slab-out-of-bounds error. This issue was found by inspection and confirmed with KASAN.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Out of bounds Read

Improper Validation of Array Index

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:5101
ALSA-2025_12746
ALSA-2025_12752
ALSA-2025_12753
ALSA-2025_16880
ALT-PU-2024-17576
ALT-PU-2024-3291
ALT-PU-2024-4263
ALT-PU-2024-4623
ALT-PU-2024-4843
BDU:2024-01852
CESA-2024_5101
CVE-2023-52451
DLA-3841-1
INFSA-2024_5101
INFSA-2024_9315
OESA-2024-2122
OESA-2024-2123
OESA-2024-2126
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_0857-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_0858-1
RHSA-2024:5101
RHSA-2024:9315
RHSA-2024_5101
RHSA-2024_9315
RHSA-2025:13135
RLSA-2024:5101
RXSA-2024:5101
SUSE-SU-2024:0855-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0856-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0900-2
SUSE-SU-2024:0910-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0925-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0975-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0976-1
SUSE-SU-2024:0977-1
USN-6688-1
USN-6725-1
USN-6725-2
USN-6726-1
USN-6726-2
USN-6726-3
USN-6739-1
USN-6740-1
USN-6765-1
USN-6818-1
USN-6818-2
USN-6818-3
USN-6818-4
USN-6819-1
USN-6819-2
USN-6819-3
USN-6819-4

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu