CVE-2023-52506

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, related to the initialization of memory blocks reserved on Node#0 at boot time. A kernel panic can be triggered if the DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT feature is enabled, which is caused by a kernel paging request failure at an invalid memory address, which could lead to crashes and unpredictable behavior during boot.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 are not affected by this vulnerability.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.