Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-52816

Memory Safety in Linux Kernel 5.14 – 5.15.140

Memory Safety
Published
21 May 2024
Modified
23 September 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0024 16th percentile
Risk Priority 56 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-52816 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 16th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix shift out-of-bounds issue [ 567.613292] shift exponent 255 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' [ 567.614498] CPU: 5 PID: 238 Comm: kworker/5:1 Tainted: G OE…

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6.2.0-34-generic #34~22.04.1-Ubuntu [ 567.614502] Hardware name: AMD Splinter/Splinter-RPL, BIOS WS43927N_871 09/25/2023 [ 567.614504] Workqueue: events send_exception_work_handler [amdgpu] [ 567.614748] Call Trace: [ 567.614750] <TASK> [ 567.614753] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70 [ 567.614761] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 567.614763] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x156/0x310 [ 567.614769] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 567.614773] ? update_sd_lb_stats.constprop.0+0xf2/0x3c0 [ 567.614780] svm_range_split_by_granularity.cold+0x2b/0x34 [amdgpu] [ 567.615047] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 567.615052] svm_migrate_to_ram+0x185/0x4d0 [amdgpu] [ 567.615286] do_swap_page+0x7b6/0xa30 [ 567.615291] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 567.615294] ? __free_pages+0x119/0x130 [ 567.615299] handle_pte_fault+0x227/0x280 [ 567.615303] __handle_mm_fault+0x3c0/0x720 [ 567.615311] handle_mm_fault+0x119/0x330 [ 567.615314] ? lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x44/0x250 [ 567.615318] do_user_addr_fault+0x1a9/0x640 [ 567.615323] exc_page_fault+0x81/0x1b0 [ 567.615328] asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 [ 567.615332] RIP: 0010:__get_user_8+0x1c/0x30

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
5.14 — 5.15.140 · 5.16 — 6.1.64 · 6.2 — 6.5.13

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation (including fuzzing and bounds checks) finds out-of-bounds write flaws before deployment.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Requiring documented secure-development standards and tools can mandate bounds-checked coding practices that avoid the weakness.

SI-10 Information Input Validation partial match

Input validation can structurally reject or sanitize data that would otherwise trigger an out-of-bounds write.

SI-16 Memory Protection partial match

Memory-protection mechanisms limit the exploitability and blast radius of a successful out-of-bounds write.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices (static analysis, bounds checking, code review) are the primary means of preventing out-of-bounds writes.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover out-of-bounds write flaws so they can be remediated.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching or replacing vulnerable software directly eliminates known instances of this coding weakness.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development and acceptance can detect and prevent out-of-bounds write defects.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates practices that prevent out-of-bounds writes.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify bounds-checking and safe memory handling.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture and engineering principles reduce the likelihood of buffer overflows.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding directly addresses out-of-bounds writes through language choice and coding standards.

A.8.32 Change management partial match
prevents

Change management can enforce review gates that catch unsafe memory operations before deployment.

References