powerpc/rtas_flash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-53487
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-01 12:15:51 UTC
Updated2026-11-05 21:17:22 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas_flash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects With hardened usercopy enabled (CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y), using the /proc/powerpc/rtas/firmware_update interface to prepare a system firmware update yields a BUG(): kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102! Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 2232 Comm: dd Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3+ #2 Hardware name: IBM,8408-E8E POWER8E (raw) 0x4b0201 0xf000004 of:IBM,FW860.50 (SV860_146) hv:phyp pSeries NIP: c0000000005991d0 LR: c0000000005991cc CTR: 0000000000000000 REGS: c0000000148c76a0 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (6.5.0-rc3+) MSR: 8000000000029033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24002242 XER: 0000000c CFAR: c0000000001fbd34 IRQMASK: 0 [ ... GPRs omitted ... ] NIP usercopy_abort+0xa0/0xb0 LR usercopy_abort+0x9c/0xb0 Call Trace: usercopy_abort+0x9c/0xb0 (unreliable) __check_heap_object+0x1b4/0x1d0 __check_object_size+0x2d0/0x380 rtas_flash_write+0xe4/0x250 proc_reg_write+0xfc/0x160 vfs_write+0xfc/0x4e0 ksys_write+0x90/0x160 system_call_exception+0x178/0x320 system_call_common+0x160/0x2c4 The blocks of the firmware image are copied directly from user memory to objects allocated from flash_block_cache, so flash_block_cache must be created using kmem_cache_create_usercopy() to mark it safe for user access. [mpe: Trim and indent oops]

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 6d07d1cd300f4c7e16005f881fea388164999cc8 8f09cc15dcd91d16562400c51d24c7be0d5796fa git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6d07d1cd300f4c7e16005f881fea388164999cc8 1d29e21ed09fa668416fa7721e08d451b9903485 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6d07d1cd300f4c7e16005f881fea388164999cc8 0ba7f969be599e21d4b1f1e947593de6515f4996 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6d07d1cd300f4c7e16005f881fea388164999cc8 8ef25fb13494e35c6dbe15445c7875fa92bc3e8b git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6d07d1cd300f4c7e16005f881fea388164999cc8 b8fee83aa4ed3846c7f50a0b364bc699f48d96e5 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6d07d1cd300f4c7e16005f881fea388164999cc8 6acb8a453388374fafb3c3b37534b675b2aa0ae1 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6d07d1cd300f4c7e16005f881fea388164999cc8 4f3175979e62de3b929bfa54a0db4b87d36257a7 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.16 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.16 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.19.293 4.19.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.4.255 5.4.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.192 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.128 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.47 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.4.12 6.4.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.5 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f09cc15dcd91d16562400c51d24c7be0d5796fa 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fee83aa4ed3846c7f50a0b364bc699f48d96e5 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f3175979e62de3b929bfa54a0db4b87d36257a7 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ba7f969be599e21d4b1f1e947593de6515f4996 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/6acb8a453388374fafb3c3b37534b675b2aa0ae1 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ef25fb13494e35c6dbe15445c7875fa92bc3e8b 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d29e21ed09fa668416fa7721e08d451b9903485 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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