In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/rtas_flash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects
With hardened usercopy enabled (CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y), using the
/proc/powerpc/rtas/firmware_update interface to prepare a system
firmware update yields a BUG():
kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1]
LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 2232 Comm: dd Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3+ #2
Hardware name: IBM,8408-E8E POWER8E (raw) 0x4b0201 0xf000004 of:IBM,FW860.50 (SV860_146) hv:phyp pSeries
NIP: c0000000005991d0 LR: c0000000005991cc CTR: 0000000000000000
REGS: c0000000148c76a0 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (6.5.0-rc3+)
MSR: 8000000000029033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24002242 XER: 0000000c
CFAR: c0000000001fbd34 IRQMASK: 0
[ ... GPRs omitted ... ]
NIP usercopy_abort+0xa0/0xb0
LR usercopy_abort+0x9c/0xb0
Call Trace:
usercopy_abort+0x9c/0xb0 (unreliable)
__check_heap_object+0x1b4/0x1d0
__check_object_size+0x2d0/0x380
rtas_flash_write+0xe4/0x250
proc_reg_write+0xfc/0x160
vfs_write+0xfc/0x4e0
ksys_write+0x90/0x160
system_call_exception+0x178/0x320
system_call_common+0x160/0x2c4
The blocks of the firmware image are copied directly from user memory
to objects allocated from flash_block_cache, so flash_block_cache must
be created using kmem_cache_create_usercopy() to mark it safe for user
access.
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References
Configurations
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History
20 Jan 2026, 16:34
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ba7f969be599e21d4b1f1e947593de6515f4996 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d29e21ed09fa668416fa7721e08d451b9903485 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f3175979e62de3b929bfa54a0db4b87d36257a7 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6acb8a453388374fafb3c3b37534b675b2aa0ae1 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ef25fb13494e35c6dbe15445c7875fa92bc3e8b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f09cc15dcd91d16562400c51d24c7be0d5796fa - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fee83aa4ed3846c7f50a0b364bc699f48d96e5 - Patch |
01 Oct 2025, 12:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-10-01 12:15
Updated : 2026-01-20 16:34
NVD link : CVE-2023-53487
Mitre link : CVE-2023-53487
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53487
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE