CVE-2023-53989

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53989
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53989.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53989
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-12-24T10:55:28.461Z
Modified
2026-01-30T02:28:23.118832Z
Summary
arm64: mm: fix VA-range sanity check
Details

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

arm64: mm: fix VA-range sanity check

Both createmappingnoalloc() and updatemappingprot() sanity-check their 'virt' parameter, but the check itself doesn't make much sense. The condition used today appears to be a historical accident.

The sanity-check condition:

if ((virt >= PAGE_END) && (virt < VMALLOC_START)) {
    [ ... warning here ... ]
    return;
}

... can only be true for the KASAN shadow region or the module region, and there's no reason to exclude these specifically for creating and updateing mappings.

When arm64 support was first upstreamed in commit:

c1cc1552616d0f35 ("arm64: MMU initialisation")

... the condition was:

if (virt < VMALLOC_START) {
    [ ... warning here ... ]
    return;
}

At the time, VMALLOC_START was the lowest kernel address, and this was checking whether 'virt' would be translated via TTBR1.

Subsequently in commit:

14c127c957c1c607 ("arm64: mm: Flip kernel VA space")

... the condition was changed to:

if ((virt >= VA_START) && (virt < VMALLOC_START)) {
    [ ... warning here ... ]
    return;
}

This appear to have been a thinko. The commit moved the linear map to the bottom of the kernel address space, with VMALLOCSTART being at the halfway point. The old condition would warn for changes to the linear map below this, and at the time VASTART was the end of the linear map.

Subsequently we cleaned up the naming of VA_START in commit:

77ad4ce69321abbe ("arm64: memory: rename VASTART to PAGEEND")

... keeping the erroneous condition as:

if ((virt >= PAGE_END) && (virt < VMALLOC_START)) {
    [ ... warning here ... ]
    return;
}

Correct the condition to check against the start of the TTBR1 address space, which is currently PAGE_OFFSET. This simplifies the logic, and more clearly matches the "outside kernel range" message in the warning.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53989.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
14c127c957c1c6070647c171e72f06e0db275ebf
Fixed
9d8d3df71516ec3236d8d93ff029d251377ba4b1
Fixed
32020fc2a8373d3de35ae6d029d5969a42651e7a
Fixed
621619f626cbe702ddbdc54117f3868b8ebd8129
Fixed
b03c7fcc5ed854d0e1b27e9abf12428bfa751a37
Fixed
ab9b4008092c86dc12497af155a0901cc1156999

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.10
v5.10-rc1
v5.10-rc2
v5.10-rc3
v5.10-rc4
v5.10-rc5
v5.10-rc6
v5.10-rc7
v5.10.1
v5.10.10
v5.10.100
v5.10.101
v5.10.102
v5.10.103
v5.10.104
v5.10.105
v5.10.106
v5.10.107
v5.10.108
v5.10.109
v5.10.11
v5.10.110
v5.10.111
v5.10.112
v5.10.113
v5.10.114
v5.10.115
v5.10.116
v5.10.117
v5.10.118
v5.10.119
v5.10.12
v5.10.120
v5.10.121
v5.10.122
v5.10.123
v5.10.124
v5.10.125
v5.10.126
v5.10.127
v5.10.128
v5.10.129
v5.10.13
v5.10.130
v5.10.131
v5.10.132
v5.10.133
v5.10.134
v5.10.135
v5.10.136
v5.10.137
v5.10.138
v5.10.139
v5.10.14
v5.10.140
v5.10.141
v5.10.142
v5.10.143
v5.10.144
v5.10.145
v5.10.146
v5.10.147
v5.10.148
v5.10.149
v5.10.15
v5.10.150
v5.10.151
v5.10.152
v5.10.153
v5.10.154
v5.10.155
v5.10.156
v5.10.157
v5.10.158
v5.10.159
v5.10.16
v5.10.160
v5.10.161
v5.10.162
v5.10.163
v5.10.164
v5.10.165
v5.10.166
v5.10.167
v5.10.168
v5.10.169
v5.10.17
v5.10.170
v5.10.171
v5.10.172
v5.10.173
v5.10.174
v5.10.175
v5.10.176
v5.10.177
v5.10.178
v5.10.179
v5.10.18
v5.10.180
v5.10.181
v5.10.182
v5.10.183
v5.10.184
v5.10.185
v5.10.186
v5.10.187
v5.10.19
v5.10.2
v5.10.20
v5.10.21
v5.10.22
v5.10.23
v5.10.24
v5.10.25
v5.10.26
v5.10.27
v5.10.28
v5.10.29
v5.10.3
v5.10.30
v5.10.31
v5.10.32
v5.10.33
v5.10.34
v5.10.35
v5.10.36
v5.10.37
v5.10.38
v5.10.39
v5.10.4
v5.10.40
v5.10.41
v5.10.42
v5.10.43
v5.10.44
v5.10.45
v5.10.46
v5.10.47
v5.10.48
v5.10.49
v5.10.5
v5.10.50
v5.10.51
v5.10.52
v5.10.53
v5.10.54
v5.10.55
v5.10.56
v5.10.57
v5.10.58
v5.10.59
v5.10.6
v5.10.60
v5.10.61
v5.10.62
v5.10.63
v5.10.64
v5.10.65
v5.10.66
v5.10.67
v5.10.68
v5.10.69
v5.10.7
v5.10.70
v5.10.71
v5.10.72
v5.10.73
v5.10.74
v5.10.75
v5.10.76
v5.10.77
v5.10.78
v5.10.79
v5.10.8
v5.10.80
v5.10.81
v5.10.82
v5.10.83
v5.10.84
v5.10.85
v5.10.86
v5.10.87
v5.10.88
v5.10.89
v5.10.9
v5.10.90
v5.10.91
v5.10.92
v5.10.93
v5.10.94
v5.10.95
v5.10.96
v5.10.97
v5.10.98
v5.10.99
v5.11
v5.11-rc1
v5.11-rc2
v5.11-rc3
v5.11-rc4
v5.11-rc5
v5.11-rc6
v5.11-rc7
v5.12
v5.12-rc1
v5.12-rc1-dontuse
v5.12-rc2
v5.12-rc3
v5.12-rc4
v5.12-rc5
v5.12-rc6
v5.12-rc7
v5.12-rc8
v5.13
v5.13-rc1
v5.13-rc2
v5.13-rc3
v5.13-rc4
v5.13-rc5
v5.13-rc6
v5.13-rc7
v5.14
v5.14-rc1
v5.14-rc2
v5.14-rc3
v5.14-rc4
v5.14-rc5
v5.14-rc6
v5.14-rc7
v5.15
v5.15-rc1
v5.15-rc2
v5.15-rc3
v5.15-rc4
v5.15-rc5
v5.15-rc6
v5.15-rc7
v5.15.1
v5.15.10
v5.15.100
v5.15.101
v5.15.102
v5.15.103
v5.15.104
v5.15.105
v5.15.106
v5.15.107
v5.15.108
v5.15.109
v5.15.11
v5.15.110
v5.15.111
v5.15.112
v5.15.113
v5.15.114
v5.15.115
v5.15.116
v5.15.117
v5.15.118
v5.15.119
v5.15.12
v5.15.120
v5.15.121
v5.15.122
v5.15.123
v5.15.124
v5.15.125
v5.15.126
v5.15.127
v5.15.128
v5.15.129
v5.15.13
v5.15.130
v5.15.131
v5.15.132
v5.15.133
v5.15.134
v5.15.135
v5.15.136
v5.15.137
v5.15.138
v5.15.139
v5.15.14
v5.15.140
v5.15.141
v5.15.142
v5.15.143
v5.15.144
v5.15.145
v5.15.146
v5.15.147
v5.15.148
v5.15.149
v5.15.15
v5.15.16
v5.15.17
v5.15.18
v5.15.19
v5.15.2
v5.15.20
v5.15.21
v5.15.22
v5.15.23
v5.15.24
v5.15.25
v5.15.26
v5.15.27
v5.15.28
v5.15.29
v5.15.3
v5.15.30
v5.15.31
v5.15.32
v5.15.33
v5.15.34
v5.15.35
v5.15.36
v5.15.37
v5.15.38
v5.15.39
v5.15.4
v5.15.40
v5.15.41
v5.15.42
v5.15.43
v5.15.44
v5.15.45
v5.15.46
v5.15.47
v5.15.48
v5.15.49
v5.15.5
v5.15.50
v5.15.51
v5.15.52
v5.15.53
v5.15.54
v5.15.55
v5.15.56
v5.15.57
v5.15.58
v5.15.59
v5.15.6
v5.15.60
v5.15.61
v5.15.62
v5.15.63
v5.15.64
v5.15.65
v5.15.66
v5.15.67
v5.15.68
v5.15.69
v5.15.7
v5.15.70
v5.15.71
v5.15.72
v5.15.73
v5.15.74
v5.15.75
v5.15.76
v5.15.77
v5.15.78
v5.15.79
v5.15.8
v5.15.80
v5.15.81
v5.15.82
v5.15.83
v5.15.84
v5.15.85
v5.15.86
v5.15.87
v5.15.88
v5.15.89
v5.15.9
v5.15.90
v5.15.91
v5.15.92
v5.15.93
v5.15.94
v5.15.95
v5.15.96
v5.15.97
v5.15.98
v5.15.99
v5.16
v5.16-rc1
v5.16-rc2
v5.16-rc3
v5.16-rc4
v5.16-rc5
v5.16-rc6
v5.16-rc7
v5.16-rc8
v5.17
v5.17-rc1
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.3
v5.3-rc4
v5.3-rc5
v5.3-rc6
v5.3-rc7
v5.3-rc8
v5.4
v5.4-rc1
v5.4-rc2
v5.4-rc3
v5.4-rc4
v5.4-rc5
v5.4-rc6
v5.4-rc7
v5.4-rc8
v5.4.1
v5.4.10
v5.4.100
v5.4.101
v5.4.102
v5.4.103
v5.4.104
v5.4.105
v5.4.106
v5.4.107
v5.4.108
v5.4.109
v5.4.11
v5.4.110
v5.4.111
v5.4.112
v5.4.113
v5.4.114
v5.4.115
v5.4.116
v5.4.117
v5.4.118
v5.4.119
v5.4.12
v5.4.120
v5.4.121
v5.4.122
v5.4.123
v5.4.124
v5.4.125
v5.4.126
v5.4.127
v5.4.128
v5.4.129
v5.4.13
v5.4.130
v5.4.131
v5.4.132
v5.4.133
v5.4.134
v5.4.135
v5.4.136
v5.4.137
v5.4.138
v5.4.139
v5.4.14
v5.4.140
v5.4.141
v5.4.142
v5.4.143
v5.4.144
v5.4.145
v5.4.146
v5.4.147
v5.4.148
v5.4.149
v5.4.15
v5.4.150
v5.4.151
v5.4.152
v5.4.153
v5.4.154
v5.4.155
v5.4.156
v5.4.157
v5.4.158
v5.4.159
v5.4.16
v5.4.160
v5.4.161
v5.4.162
v5.4.163
v5.4.164
v5.4.165
v5.4.166
v5.4.167
v5.4.168
v5.4.169
v5.4.17
v5.4.170
v5.4.171
v5.4.172
v5.4.173
v5.4.174
v5.4.175
v5.4.176
v5.4.177
v5.4.178
v5.4.179
v5.4.18
v5.4.180
v5.4.181
v5.4.182
v5.4.183
v5.4.184
v5.4.185
v5.4.186
v5.4.187
v5.4.188
v5.4.189
v5.4.19
v5.4.190
v5.4.191
v5.4.192
v5.4.193
v5.4.194
v5.4.195
v5.4.196
v5.4.197
v5.4.198
v5.4.199
v5.4.2
v5.4.20
v5.4.200
v5.4.201
v5.4.202
v5.4.203
v5.4.204
v5.4.205
v5.4.206
v5.4.207
v5.4.208
v5.4.209
v5.4.21
v5.4.210
v5.4.211
v5.4.212
v5.4.213
v5.4.214
v5.4.215
v5.4.216
v5.4.217
v5.4.218
v5.4.219
v5.4.22
v5.4.220
v5.4.221
v5.4.222
v5.4.223
v5.4.224
v5.4.225
v5.4.226
v5.4.227
v5.4.228
v5.4.229
v5.4.23
v5.4.230
v5.4.231
v5.4.232
v5.4.233
v5.4.234
v5.4.235
v5.4.236
v5.4.237
v5.4.238
v5.4.239
v5.4.24
v5.4.240
v5.4.241
v5.4.242
v5.4.243
v5.4.244
v5.4.245
v5.4.246
v5.4.247
v5.4.248
v5.4.249
v5.4.25
v5.4.250
v5.4.26
v5.4.27
v5.4.28
v5.4.29
v5.4.3
v5.4.30
v5.4.31
v5.4.32
v5.4.33
v5.4.34
v5.4.35
v5.4.36
v5.4.37
v5.4.38
v5.4.39
v5.4.4
v5.4.40
v5.4.41
v5.4.42
v5.4.43
v5.4.44
v5.4.45
v5.4.46
v5.4.47
v5.4.48
v5.4.49
v5.4.5
v5.4.50
v5.4.51
v5.4.52
v5.4.53
v5.4.54
v5.4.55
v5.4.56
v5.4.57
v5.4.58
v5.4.59
v5.4.6
v5.4.60
v5.4.61
v5.4.62
v5.4.63
v5.4.64
v5.4.65
v5.4.66
v5.4.67
v5.4.68
v5.4.69
v5.4.7
v5.4.70
v5.4.71
v5.4.72
v5.4.73
v5.4.74
v5.4.75
v5.4.76
v5.4.77
v5.4.78
v5.4.79
v5.4.8
v5.4.80
v5.4.81
v5.4.82
v5.4.83
v5.4.84
v5.4.85
v5.4.86
v5.4.87
v5.4.88
v5.4.89
v5.4.9
v5.4.90
v5.4.91
v5.4.92
v5.4.93
v5.4.94
v5.4.95
v5.4.96
v5.4.97
v5.4.98
v5.4.99
v5.5
v5.5-rc1
v5.5-rc2
v5.5-rc3
v5.5-rc4
v5.5-rc5
v5.5-rc6
v5.5-rc7
v5.6
v5.6-rc1
v5.6-rc2
v5.6-rc3
v5.6-rc4
v5.6-rc5
v5.6-rc6
v5.6-rc7
v5.7
v5.7-rc1
v5.7-rc2
v5.7-rc3
v5.7-rc4
v5.7-rc5
v5.7-rc6
v5.7-rc7
v5.8
v5.8-rc1
v5.8-rc2
v5.8-rc3
v5.8-rc4
v5.8-rc5
v5.8-rc6
v5.8-rc7
v5.9
v5.9-rc1
v5.9-rc2
v5.9-rc3
v5.9-rc4
v5.9-rc5
v5.9-rc6
v5.9-rc7
v5.9-rc8
v6.*
v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.4.6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53989.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.4.0
Fixed
5.4.251
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.188
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.150
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.4.7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53989.json"