linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: m68k: Only force 030 bus error if PC not in exce...
CVE-2023-54232 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54232, released December 30, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: m68k: Only force 030 bus error if PC not in exception table __get_kernel_nofault() does copy data in supervisor mode when forcing a task backtrace log through /proc/sysrq_trigger. This is expected cause a bus error exception on e.g. NULL pointer dereferencing when logging a kernel task has no workqueue associated. This bus error ought to be ignored. Our 030 bus error handler is ill equipped to deal with this: Whenever ssw indicates a kernel mode access on a data fault, we don't even attempt to handle the fault and instead always send a SEGV signal (or panic). As a result, the check for exception handling at the fault PC (buried in send_sig_fault() which gets called from do_page_fault() eventually) is never used. In contrast, both 040 and 060 access error handlers do not care whether a fault happened on supervisor mode access, and will call do_page_fault() on those, ultimately honoring the exception table. Add a check in bus_error030 to call do_page_fault() in case we do have an entry for the fault PC in our exception table. I had attempted a fix for this earlier in 2019 that did rely on testing pagefault_disabled() (see link below) to achieve the same thing, but this patch should be more generic. Tested on 030 Atari Falcon.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.25-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54232 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.1.25-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54232 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 6.1.25-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54232 | Dec 30, 2025 |
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