CVE-2023-52995 | riscv/kprobe: Fix instruction simulation of JALR

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/kprobe: Fix instruction simulation of JALR Set kprobe at 'jalr 1140(ra)' of vfs_write results in the following crash: [ 32.092235] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory without uaccess routines at virtual address 00aaaaaad77b1170 [ 32.093115] Oops [#1] [ 32.093251] Modules linked in: [ 32.093626] CPU: 0 PID: 135 Comm: ftracetest Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00013-gb0aa5e5df0cb-dirty #16 [ 32.093985] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 32.094280] epc : ksys_read+0x88/0xd6 [ 32.094855] ra : ksys_read+0xc0/0xd6 [ 32.095016] epc : ffffffff801cda80 ra : ffffffff801cdab8 sp : ff20000000d7bdc0 [ 32.095227] gp : ffffffff80f14000 tp : ff60000080f9cb40 t0 : ffffffff80f13e80 [ 32.095500] t1 : ffffffff8000c29c t2 : ffffffff800dbc54 s0 : ff20000000d7be60 [ 32.095716] s1 : 0000000000000000 a0 : ffffffff805a64ae a1 : ffffffff80a83708 [ 32.095921] a2 : ffffffff80f160a0 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : f229b0afdb165300 [ 32.096171] a5 : f229b0afdb165300 a6 : ffffffff80eeebd0 a7 : 00000000000003ff [ 32.096411] s2 : ff6000007ff76800 s3 : fffffffffffffff7 s4 : 00aaaaaad77b1170 [ 32.096638] s5 : ffffffff80f160a0 s6 : ff6000007ff76800 s7 : 0000000000000030 [ 32.096865] s8 : 00ffffffc3d97be0 s9 : 0000000000000007 s10: 00aaaaaad77c9410 [ 32.097092] s11: 0000000000000000 t3 : ffffffff80f13e48 t4 : ffffffff8000c29c [ 32.097317] t5 : ffffffff8000c29c t6 : ffffffff800dbc54 [ 32.097505] status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 00aaaaaad77b1170 cause: 000000000000000d [ 32.098011] [<ffffffff801cdb72>] ksys_write+0x6c/0xd6 [ 32.098222] [<ffffffff801cdc06>] sys_write+0x2a/0x38 [ 32.098405] [<ffffffff80003c76>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x2 Since the rs1 and rd might be the same one, such as 'jalr 1140(ra)', hence it requires obtaining the target address from rs1 followed by updating rd. [Palmer: Pick Guo's cleanup]

Published: 2025-03-27 Last update: 2025-10-29 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-52995 is rated Low Risk (30.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-52995

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-05 0.02% 0.09% +0.07%
2 2025-03-28 — 0.02% —

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-52995

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-52995

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-52995

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2023-52995 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-52995
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52995
suse medium CVE-2023-52995 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 192 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (34 product lines)): Known Not Affected 192. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52995/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-52995 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 146, not-affected 143, released 116, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52995

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-52995

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.12, < 5.15.91 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.9 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-52995

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