{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2023-53254","published":"2025-09-15T14:46:24.670Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:43.349732929Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0350-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1"],"summary":"cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels\n\nThe cacheinfo sets up the shared_cpu_map by checking whether the caches\nwith the same index are shared between CPUs. However, this will trigger\nslab-out-of-bounds access if the CPUs do not have the same cache hierarchy.\nAnother problem is the mismatched shared_cpu_map when the shared cache does\nnot have the same index between CPUs.\n\nCPU0\tI\tD\tL3\nindex\t0\t1\t2\tx\n\t^\t^\t^\t^\nindex\t0\t1\t2\t3\nCPU1\tI\tD\tL2\tL3\n\nThis patch checks each cache is shared with all caches on other CPUs.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"246246cbde5e840012f853e27630ebb59f409486"},{"fixed":"2f588d0345d69a35e451077afed428fd057a5e34"},{"fixed":"dea49f2993f57d8a2df2cacb0bf649ef49b28879"},{"fixed":"198102c9103fc78d8478495971947af77edb05c1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53254.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.18"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53254.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/198102c9103fc78d8478495971947af77edb05c1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f588d0345d69a35e451077afed428fd057a5e34"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dea49f2993f57d8a2df2cacb0bf649ef49b28879"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53254.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53254"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53254.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}