CVE-2023-52835: perf/core: Bail out early if the request AUX area is out of bound
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-52835 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 11Timeline
- 21-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Bail out early if the request AUX area is out of bound When perf-record with a large AUX area, e.g 4GB, it fails with: #perf record -C 0 -m ,4G -e arm_spe_0// -- sleep 1 failed to mmap with 12 (Cannot allocate memory) and it reveals a WARNING with __alloc_pages(): ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 44 PID: 17573 at mm/page_alloc.c:5568 __alloc_pages+0x1ec/0x248 Call trace: __alloc_pages+0x1ec/0x248 __kmalloc_large_node+0xc0/0x1f8 __kmalloc_node+0x134/0x1e8 rb_alloc_aux+0xe0/0x298 perf_mmap+0x440/0x660 mmap_region+0x308/0x8a8 do_mmap+0x3c0/0x528 vm_mmap_pgoff+0xf4/0x1b8 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x18c/0x218 __arm64_sys_mmap+0x38/0x58 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x128 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x58/0x188 do_el0_svc+0x34/0x50 el0_svc+0x34/0x108 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0 el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 'rb->aux_pages' allocated by kcalloc() is a pointer array which is used to maintains AUX trace pages. The allocated page for this array is physically contiguous (and virtually contiguous) with an order of 0..MAX_ORDER. If the size of pointer array crosses the limitation set by MAX_ORDER, it reveals a WARNING. So bail out early with -ENOMEM if the request AUX area is out of bound, e.g.: #perf record -C 0 -m ,4G -e arm_spe_0// -- sleep 1 failed to mmap with 12 (Cannot allocate memory)
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
17%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.25% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu117 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-173.191 | < 5.15.0-100.110
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1120.130 | < 5.15.0-1056.61
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < 8c504f615d7ed60ae035c51d0c789137ced6797f | ≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < 788c0b3442ead737008934947730a6d1ff703734 | ≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < 1a2a4202c60fcdffbf04f259002ce9bff39edece | ≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < fd0df3f8719201dbe61a4d39083d5aecd705399a | ≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < 9ce4e87a8efd37c85766ec08b15e885cab08553a | ≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < 2424410f94a94d91230ced094062d859714c984a | ≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < 2e905e608e38cf7f8dcddcf8a6036e91a78444cb | ≥ 45bfb2e50471abbbfd83d40d28c986078b0d24ff, < 54aee5f15b83437f23b2b2469bcf21bdd9823916 | 4.1
- linux_kernel< 4.19.300 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.262 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.202 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.140 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.64 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.5.13 | ≥ 6.6, < 6.6.3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.64-1 | < 6.6.8-1
3 vendors · 120 products
