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CVE-2023-53331 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore/ram: Check start of empty przs during init After commit 30696378f68a ("pstore/ram: Do not treat empty buffers as valid"), initialization would assume a prz was valid after seeing that the buffer_size is zero (regardless of the buffer start position). This unchecked start value means it could be outside the bounds of the buffer, leading to future access panics when written to: sysdump_panic_event+0x3b4/0x5b8 atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x54/0x90 panic+0x1c8/0x42c die+0x29c/0x2a8 die_kernel_fault+0x68/0x78 __do_kernel_fault+0x1c4/0x1e0 do_bad_area+0x40/0x100 do_translation_fault+0x68/0x80 do_mem_abort+0x68/0xf8 el1_da+0x1c/0xc0 __raw_writeb+0x38/0x174 __memcpy_toio+0x40/0xac persistent_ram_update+0x44/0x12c persistent_ram_write+0x1a8/0x1b8 ramoops_pstore_write+0x198/0x1e8 pstore_console_write+0x94/0xe0 ... To avoid this, also check if the prz start is 0 during the initialization phase. If not, the next prz sanity check case will discover it (start > size) and zap the buffer back to a sane state. [kees: update commit log with backtrace and clarifications]


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25fb4e3402d46f425ec135ef6f09792a4c1b3003 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89312657337e6e03ad6e9ea1a462bd9c158c85c8 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c807ccdd812d18985860504b503899f3140a9549 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc2f60de9a7d3efd982440117dab5579898d808c kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e95d7a8a6edd14f8fab44c777dd7281db91f6ae2 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e972231db29b5d1dccc13bf9d5ba55b6979a69ed kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f77990358628b01bdc03752126ff5f716ea37615 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe8c3623ab06603eb760444a032d426542212021 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fedecaeef88899d940b69368c996e8b3b0b8650d kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53331
NVD Published Date:
09/16/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/10/2025
Source:
kernel.org