# CVE-2023-52839: drivers: perf: Do not broadcast to other cpus when starting a counter > A local attacker can trigger a kernel warning and potential instability by running specific perf commands on RISC-V systems. - **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 21 May 2024 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-52839, GHSA-r823-qmw9-v7xf, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52839 ## What is CVE-2023-52839? CVE-2023-52839 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: perf: Do not broadcast to other cpus when starting a counter This command: $ perf record -e cycles:k -e instructions:k -c 10000 -m 64M dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null count=1000 gives rise to this kernel warning: [ 444.364395] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 104 at kernel/smp.c:775 smp_call_function_many_cond+0x42c/0x436 [ 444.364515] Modules linked in: [ 444.364657] CPU: 0 PID: 104 Comm: perf-exec Not tainted 6.6.0-rc6-00051-g391df82e8ec3-dirty #73 [ 444.364771] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 444.364868] epc : smp_call_function_many_cond+0x42c/0x436 [ 444.364917] ra : on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x20/0x32 [ 444.364948] epc : ffffffff8009f9e0 ra : ffffffff8009fa5a sp : ff20000000003800 [ 444.364966] gp : ffffffff81500aa0 tp : ff60000002b83000 t0 : ff200000000038c0 [ 444.364982] t1 : ffffffff815021f0 t2 : 000000000000001f s0 : ff200000000038b0 [ 444.364998] s1 : ff60000002c54d98 a0 : ff60000002a73940 a1 : 0000000000000000 [ 444.365013] a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : 0000000000000003 a4 : 0000000000000100 [ 444.365029] a5 : 0000000000010100 a6 : 0000000000f00000 a7 : 0000000000000000 [ 444.365044] s2 : 0000000000000000 s3 : ffffffffffffffff s4 : ff60000002c54d98 [ 444.365060] s5 : ffffffff81539610 s6 : ffffffff80c20c48 s7 : 0000000000000000 [ 444.365075] s8 : 0000000000000000 s9 : 0000000000000001 s10: 0000000000000001 [ 444.365090] s11: ffffffff80099394 t3 : 0000000000000003 t4 : 00000000eac0c6e6 [ 444.365104] t5 : 0000000400000000 t6 : ff60000002e010d0 [ 444.365120] status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000000 cause: 0000000000000003 [ 444.365226] [] smp_call_function_many_cond+0x42c/0x436 [ 444.365295] [] on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x20/0x32 [ 444.365311] [] pmu_sbi_ctr_start+0x7a/0xaa [ 444.365327] [] riscv_pmu_start+0x48/0x66 [ 444.365339] [] perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context+0x196/0x1ac [ 444.365356] [] perf_event_task_tick+0x78/0x8c [ 444.365368] [] scheduler_tick+0xe6/0x25e [ 444.365383] [] update_process_times+0x80/0x96 [ 444.365398] [] tick_sched_handle+0x26/0x52 [ 444.365410] [] tick_sched_timer+0x50/0x98 [ 444.365422] [] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x126/0x18a [ 444.365433] [] hrtimer_interrupt+0xce/0x1da [ 444.365444] [] riscv_timer_interrupt+0x30/0x3a [ 444.365457] [] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x80/0x114 [ 444.365470] [] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a [ 444.365483] [] riscv_intc_irq+0x2e/0x46 [ 444.365497] [] handle_riscv_irq+0x4a/0x74 [ 444.365521] [] do_irq+0x7c/0x7e [ 444.365796] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- That's because the fix in commit 3fec323339a4 ("drivers: perf: Fix panic in riscv SBI mmap support") was wrong since there is no need to broadcast to other cpus when starting a counter, that's only needed in mmap when the counters could have already been started on other cpus, so simply remove this broadcast. ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52839? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2023-52839? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2023-52839 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52839 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52839 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2023-52839 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52839 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52839/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52839/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52839 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52839 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52839 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52839/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.