CVE-2023-52659

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Ensure input to pfn_to_kaddr() is treated as a 64-bit type On 64-bit platforms, the pfn_to_kaddr() macro requires that the input value is 64 bits in order to ensure that valid address bits don't get lost when shifting that input by PAGE_SHIFT to calculate the physical address to provide a virtual address for. One such example is in pvalidate_pages() (used by SEV-SNP guests), where the GFN in the struct used for page-state change requests is a 40-bit bit-field, so attempts to pass this GFN field directly into pfn_to_kaddr() ends up causing guest crashes when dealing with addresses above the 1TB range due to the above. Fix this issue with SEV-SNP guests, as well as any similar cases that might cause issues in current/future code, by using an inline function, instead of a macro, so that the input is implicitly cast to the expected 64-bit input type prior to performing the shift operation. While it might be argued that the issue is on the caller side, other archs/macros have taken similar approaches to deal with instances like this, such as ARM explicitly casting the input to phys_addr_t: e48866647b48 ("ARM: 8396/1: use phys_addr_t in pfn_to_kaddr()") A C inline function is even better though. [ mingo: Refined the changelog some more & added __always_inline. ]
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

25 Sep 2025, 15:54

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325956b0173f11e98f90462be4829a8b8b0682ce - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325956b0173f11e98f90462be4829a8b8b0682ce - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e1471888a5e6e846e9b4d306e5327db2b58e64e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e1471888a5e6e846e9b4d306e5327db2b58e64e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/814305b5c23cb815ada68d43019f39050472b25f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/814305b5c23cb815ada68d43019f39050472b25f - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e5647a723c49d73b9f108a8bb38e8c29d3948ea - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e5647a723c49d73b9f108a8bb38e8c29d3948ea - Patch
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

Information

Published : 2024-05-17 13:15

Updated : 2025-09-25 15:54


NVD link : CVE-2023-52659

Mitre link : CVE-2023-52659

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-52659


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel