CVE-2023-52630
kernel: blk-iocost: UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · April 2, 2024
Updated · October 2, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in the blk-iocost module of Linux Kernel, where a shift-out-of-bounds warning due to discrepancies in timestamp handling during CPU transitions in iocg_kick_delay(), occurred when called from a different CPU, @now could be earlier than @iocg->delay_at, triggering an out-of-bounds shift exponent error.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)