# CVE-2023-52567: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  serial: 8250_port: Check IRQ data before use  In...

CVE-2023-52567 is fixed in 21 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-385, released October 12, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52567
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: 5.5 (medium)
- EPSS: 0.0024
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Oct 12, 2023

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  serial: 8250_port: Check IRQ data before use  In case the leaf driver wants to use IRQ polling (irq = 0) and IIR register shows that an interrupt happened in the 8250 hardware the IRQ data can be NULL. In such a case we need to skip the wake event as we came to this path from the timer interrupt and quite likely system is already awake.  Without this fix we have got an Oops:      serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 0, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A     ...     BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010     RIP: 0010:serial8250_handle_irq+0x7c/0x240     Call Trace:      ? serial8250_handle_irq+0x7c/0x240      ? __pfx_serial8250_timeout+0x10/0x10

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | bpftool amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | bpftool-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-devel amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-headers amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-libbpf amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-libbpf-devel amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-libbpf-static amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-livepatch-6.1.56-82.125 amzn 2023 | 1.0-0.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-modules-extra amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-tools amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-tools-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | kernel-tools-devel amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | linux Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.64-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52567](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-52567.md) | Mar 2, 2024 |
| Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.5.6-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52567](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-52567.md) | Mar 2, 2024 |
| Linux | linux Debian 14 | 6.5.6-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52567](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-52567.md) | Mar 2, 2024 |
| Linux | perf amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | perf-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | python3-perf amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Linux | python3-perf-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.56-82.125.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-385](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-385.md) | Oct 12, 2023 |

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