CVE-2023-52995

5.5 MEDIUM 0.3% exploit odds Fix listed Denial of service OS & kernel

What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/kprobe: Fix instruction simulation of JALR Set kprobe at 'jalr 1140(ra)' of vfs_write results in the following crash: [ 32.092235] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory without uaccess routines at virtual address 00aaaaaad77b1170 [ 32.093115] Oops [#1] [ 32.093251] Modules linked in: [ 32.093626] CPU: 0 PID: 135 Comm: ftracetest Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00013-gb0aa5e5df0cb-dirty #16 [ 32.093985] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 32.094280] epc : ksys_read+0x88/0xd6 [ 32.094855] ra : ksys_read+0xc0/0xd6 [ 32.095016] epc : ffffffff801cda80 ra : ffffffff801cdab8 sp : ff20000000d7bdc0 [ 32.095227] gp : ffffffff80f14000 tp : ff60000080f9cb40 t0 : ffffffff80f13e80 [ 32.095500] t1 : ffffffff8000c29c t2 : ffffffff800dbc54 s0 : ff20000000d7be60 [ 32.095716] s1 : 0000000000000000 a0 : ffffffff805a64ae a1 : ffffffff80a83708 [ 32.095921] a2 : ffffffff80f160a0 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : f229b0afdb165300 [ 32.096171] a5 : f229b0afdb165300 a6 : ffffffff80eeebd0 a7 : 00000000000003ff [ 32.096411] s2 : ff6000007ff76800 s3 : fffffffffffffff7 s4 : 00aaaaaad77b1170 [ 32.096638] s5 : ffffffff80f160a0 s6 : ff6000007ff76800 s7 : 0000000000000030 [ 32.096865] s8 : 00ffffffc3d97be0 s9 : 0000000000000007 s10: 00aaaaaad77c9410 [ 32.097092] s11: 0000000000000000 t3 : ffffffff80f13e48 t4 : ffffffff8000c29c [ 32.097317] t5 : ffffffff8000c29c t6 : ffffffff800dbc54 [ 32.097505] status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 00aaaaaad77b1170 cause: 000000000000000d [ 32.098011] [<ffffffff801cdb72>] ksys_write+0x6c/0xd6 [ 32.098222] [<ffffffff801cdc06>] sys_write+0x2a/0x38 [ 32.098405] [<ffffffff80003c76>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x2 Since the rs1 and rd might be the same one, such as 'jalr 1140(ra)', hence it requires obtaining the target address from rs1 followed by updating rd. [Palmer: Pick Guo's cleanup]

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
Exploit odds: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2025-03-27 17:15 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-17 06:44 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published: 2025-03-27 17:15 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-17 06:44 UTC
Exploit probability: 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
Record status: Analyzed

Affected

Linux Kernel < 5.15.91
Linux Kernel < 6.1.9
Linux Kernel 6.2

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Raw vector

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

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record