In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VMCI: check context->notify_page after call to get_user_pages_fast() to avoid GPF The call to get_user_pages_fast() in vmci_host_setup_notify() can return NULL context->notify_page causing a GPF. To avoid GPF check if context->notify_page == NULL and return error if so. general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xe0009d1000000060: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x0005088000000300- 0x0005088000000307] CPU: 2 PID: 26180 Comm: repro_34802241 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4 #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.15.0-2.module+el8.6.0 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:vmci_ctx_check_signal_notify+0x91/0xe0 Call Trace: <TASK> vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x362/0x1f40 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1a1/0x230 do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/055891397f530f9b1b22be38d7eca8b08382941f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a726cb47fd204109c767409fa9ca15a96328f14 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b8e4f61f8f4594ee65368c8d89e6fdc29d3fb1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c89e8c69a58f62451c0a75b77fcab25979b897 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4239bfb260d1e6837766c41a0b241d7670f1402 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4198f67e7556b1507f14f60d81a72660e5560e4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091503-CVE-2023-53259-5409@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53259 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53259 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VMCI: check context->notify_page after call to get_user_pages_fast() to avoid GPF The call to get_user_pages_fast() in vmci_host_setup_notify() can return NULL context->notify_page causing a GPF. To avoid GPF check if context->notify_page == NULL and return error if so. general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xe0009d1000000060: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x0005088000000300- 0x0005088000000307] CPU: 2 PID: 26180 Comm: repro_34802241 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4 #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.15.0-2.module+el8.6.0 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:vmci_ctx_check_signal_notify+0x91/0xe0 Call Trace: <TASK> vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x362/0x1f40 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1a1/0x230 do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Title VMCI: check context->notify_page after call to get_user_pages_fast() to avoid GPF
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:46:30.955Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:46:30.955Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:19:21.850Z

Link: CVE-2023-53259

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:53.317

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2023-53259

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53259 - Bugzilla