# CVE-2023-53135: riscv: Use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in imprecise unwinding stack mode > A stack-out-of-bounds read in the RISC-V kernel unwinder can cause a kernel crash when KASAN is enabled and frame pointers are disabled. - **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`) - **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:** 2 May 2025 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-53135, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53135, GHSA-2c79-g4hv-82qp, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53135 ## What is CVE-2023-53135? CVE-2023-53135 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2025. 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: riscv: Use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in imprecise unwinding stack mode When CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is unset, the stack unwinding function walk_stackframe randomly reads the stack and then, when KASAN is enabled, it can lead to the following backtrace: [ 0.000000] ================================================================== [ 0.000000] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in walk_stackframe+0xa6/0x11a [ 0.000000] Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff81807c40 by task swapper/0 [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.2.0-12919-g24203e6db61f #43 [ 0.000000] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 0.000000] Call Trace: [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0x0/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] dump_stack_lvl+0x22/0x36 [ 0.000000] [] print_report+0x198/0x4a8 [ 0.000000] [] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] kasan_report+0x9a/0xc8 [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [] desc_make_final+0x80/0x84 [ 0.000000] [] stack_trace_save+0x88/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [] filter_irq_stacks+0x72/0x76 [ 0.000000] [] devkmsg_read+0x32a/0x32e [ 0.000000] [] kasan_save_stack+0x28/0x52 [ 0.000000] [] desc_make_final+0x7c/0x84 [ 0.000000] [] stack_trace_save+0x84/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [] kasan_set_track+0x12/0x20 [ 0.000000] [] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x58/0x5e [ 0.000000] [] __kmem_cache_create+0x21e/0x39a [ 0.000000] [] create_boot_cache+0x70/0x9c [ 0.000000] [] kmem_cache_init+0x6c/0x11e [ 0.000000] [] mm_init+0xd8/0xfe [ 0.000000] [] start_kernel+0x190/0x3ca [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to stack of task swapper/0 [ 0.000000] and is located at offset 0 in frame: [ 0.000000] stack_trace_save+0x0/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] This frame has 1 object: [ 0.000000] [32, 56) 'c' [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 0.000000] page:(____ptrval____) refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x81a07 [ 0.000000] flags: 0x1000(reserved|zone=0) [ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000001000 ff600003f1e3d150 ff600003f1e3d150 0000000000000000 [ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff [ 0.000000] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] >ffffffff81807c00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 00 00 00 f3 [ 0.000000] ^ [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807c80: f3 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807d00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ================================================================== Fix that by using READ_ONCE_NOCHECK when reading the stack in imprecise mode. Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53135? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2023-53135? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2023-53135 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53135 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-2023-53135 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2023-53135 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2025. 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-2023-53135 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-2023-53135/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53135/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53135 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53135 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53135 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53135/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.