{"cve":"CVE-2023-52978","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-27T17:15:44.923","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:02.670","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nriscv: kprobe: Fixup kernel panic when probing an illegal position\n\nThe kernel would panic when probed for an illegal position. eg:\n\n(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_C=n)\n\necho 'p:hello kernel_clone+0x16 a0=%a0' >> kprobe_events\necho 1 > events/kprobes/hello/enable\ncat trace\n\nKernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack\nis corrupted in: __do_sys_newfstatat+0xb8/0xb8\nCPU: 0 PID: 111 Comm: sh Not tainted\n6.2.0-rc1-00027-g2d398fe49a4d #490\nHardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)\nCall Trace:\n[<ffffffff80007268>] dump_backtrace+0x38/0x48\n[<ffffffff80c5e83c>] show_stack+0x50/0x68\n[<ffffffff80c6da28>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x84\n[<ffffffff80c6da6c>] dump_stack+0x20/0x30\n[<ffffffff80c5ecf4>] panic+0x160/0x374\n[<ffffffff80c6db94>] generic_handle_arch_irq+0x0/0xa8\n[<ffffffff802deeb0>] sys_newstat+0x0/0x30\n[<ffffffff800158c0>] sys_clone+0x20/0x30\n[<ffffffff800039e8>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x4\n---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector:\nKernel stack is corrupted in: __do_sys_newfstatat+0xb8/0xb8 ]---\n\nThat is because the kprobe's ebreak instruction broke the kernel's\noriginal code. The user should guarantee the correction of the probe\nposition, but it couldn't make the kernel panic.\n\nThis patch adds arch_check_kprobe in arch_prepare_kprobe to prevent an\nillegal position (Such as the middle of an instruction).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04a73558209554da17f46490ec4faaaf1b2bab68","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12316538b1d193064109ce1a28fc9bacd43950de","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87f48c7ccc73afc78630530d9af51f458f58cab8"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:28.034033815+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52978","score":0.00258,"percentile":0.17559,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}