CVE-2023-52677: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Check if the code to patch lies in the exit section Otherwise we fall through to vmalloc_to_page() which panics since the address does not lie in the vmalloc region.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.7, before 5.15.148 (fixed in 5.15.148); from 5.16, before 6.1.75 (fixed in 6.1.75); from 6.2, before 6.6.14 (fixed in 6.6.14); from 6.7, before 6.7.2 (fixed in 6.7.2)

Published 2024-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.