CVE-2023-54056
Dec. 24, 2025, 1:16 p.m.
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kheaders: Use array declaration instead of char
Under CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE, memcpy() will check the size of destination
and source buffers. Defining kernel_headers_data as "char" would trip
this check. Since these addresses are treated as byte arrays, define
them as arrays (as done everywhere else).
This was seen with:
$ cat /sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz >> /dev/null
detected buffer overflow in memcpy
kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1027!
...
RIP: 0010:fortify_panic+0xf/0x20
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ikheaders_read+0x45/0x50 [kheaders]
kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x1a4/0x2f0
...
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux |
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Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | linux | linux_kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | linux | linux_kernel | kheaders | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
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Published: Dec. 24, 2025, 1:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 24, 2025, 1:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 24, 2025, 1:16 p.m.
Status : Received
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