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. ]
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History
25 Sep 2025, 15:54
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325956b0173f11e98f90462be4829a8b8b0682ce - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e1471888a5e6e846e9b4d306e5327db2b58e64e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/814305b5c23cb815ada68d43019f39050472b25f - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e5647a723c49d73b9f108a8bb38e8c29d3948ea - Patch | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
21 Nov 2024, 08:40
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325956b0173f11e98f90462be4829a8b8b0682ce - | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e1471888a5e6e846e9b4d306e5327db2b58e64e - | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/814305b5c23cb815ada68d43019f39050472b25f - | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e5647a723c49d73b9f108a8bb38e8c29d3948ea - | |
| Summary |
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17 May 2024, 13:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
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
CWE
