In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drivers: perf: Check find_first_bit() return value

We must check the return value of find_first_bit() before using the
return value as an index array since it happens to overflow the array
and then panic:

[ 107.318430] Kernel BUG [#1]
[ 107.319434] CPU: 3 PID: 1238 Comm: kill Tainted: G E 6.6.0-rc6ubuntu-defconfig #2
[ 107.319465] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
[ 107.319551] epc : pmu_sbi_ovf_handler+0x3a4/0x3ae
[ 107.319840] ra : pmu_sbi_ovf_handler+0x52/0x3ae
[ 107.319868] epc : ffffffff80a0a77c ra : ffffffff80a0a42a sp : ffffaf83fecda350
[ 107.319884] gp : ffffffff823961a8 tp : ffffaf8083db1dc0 t0 : ffffaf83fecda480
[ 107.319899] t1 : ffffffff80cafe62 t2 : 000000000000ff00 s0 : ffffaf83fecda520
[ 107.319921] s1 : ffffaf83fecda380 a0 : 00000018fca29df0 a1 : ffffffffffffffff
[ 107.319936] a2 : 0000000001073734 a3 : 0000000000000004 a4 : 0000000000000000
[ 107.319951] a5 : 0000000000000040 a6 : 000000001d1c8774 a7 : 0000000000504d55
[ 107.319965] s2 : ffffffff82451f10 s3 : ffffffff82724e70 s4 : 000000000000003f
[ 107.319980] s5 : 0000000000000011 s6 : ffffaf8083db27c0 s7 : 0000000000000000
[ 107.319995] s8 : 0000000000000001 s9 : 00007fffb45d6558 s10: 00007fffb45d81a0
[ 107.320009] s11: ffffaf7ffff60000 t3 : 0000000000000004 t4 : 0000000000000000
[ 107.320023] t5 : ffffaf7f80000000 t6 : ffffaf8000000000
[ 107.320037] status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000000 cause: 0000000000000003
[ 107.320081] [<ffffffff80a0a77c>] pmu_sbi_ovf_handler+0x3a4/0x3ae
[ 107.320112] [<ffffffff800b42d0>] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x9e/0x1a0
[ 107.320131] [<ffffffff800ad92c>] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x28/0x36
[ 107.320148] [<ffffffff8065f9f8>] riscv_intc_irq+0x36/0x4e
[ 107.320166] [<ffffffff80caf4a0>] handle_riscv_irq+0x54/0x86
[ 107.320189] [<ffffffff80cb0036>] do_irq+0x64/0x96
[ 107.320271] Code: 85a6 855e b097 ff7f 80e7 9220 b709 9002 4501 bbd9 (9002) 6097
[ 107.320585] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 107.320704] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
[ 107.320775] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
[ 107.321219] Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xffffffff80000000
[ 107.333051] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---

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Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:43:22.895Z

Reserved: 2024-05-21T15:19:24.246Z

Link: CVE-2023-52797

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:11:36.045Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-21T16:15:18.230

Modified: 2025-09-26T16:58:49.527

Link: CVE-2023-52797

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52797 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:15:14Z

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