CVE-2023-52598

s390/ptrace: handle setting of fpc register correctly

Published Mar 6, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/ptrace: handle setting of fpc register correctly

If the content of the floating point control (fpc) register of a traced
process is modified with the ptrace interface the new value is tested for
validity by temporarily loading it into the fpc register.

This may lead to corruption of the fpc register of the tracing process:
if an interrupt happens while the value is temporarily loaded into the
fpc register, and within interrupt context floating point or vector
registers are used, the current fp/vx registers are saved with
save_fpu_regs() assuming they belong to user space and will be loaded into
fp/vx registers when returning to user space.

test_fp_ctl() restores the original user space fpc register value, however
it will be discarded, when returning to user space.

In result the tracer will incorrectly continue to run with the value that
was supposed to be used for the traced process.

Fix this by saving fpu register contents with save_fpu_regs() before using
test_fp_ctl().

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5658-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5681-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6688-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6766-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6766-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6766-3 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6767-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6767-2 Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6795-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-2 Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-3 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-3 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-4 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6828-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 7:30 PM
Reserved
Mar 2, 2024, 9:55 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 6, 2024, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 6, 2024, 12:00 AM