CVE-2023-53205

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390/diag: fix racy access of physical cpu number in diag 9c handler We do check for target CPU == -1, but this might change at the time we are going to use it. Hold the physical target CPU in a local variable to avoid out-of-bound accesses to the cpu arrays.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.3
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedSep 15, 2025
First seenSep 15, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.4.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.13 ≤ v < 5.15.121, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.39, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.4.45.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.4.4

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