Bug 2425088 (CVE-2023-54139) - CVE-2023-54139 kernel: tracing/user_events: Ensure write index cannot be negative
Summary: CVE-2023-54139 kernel: tracing/user_events: Ensure write index cannot be nega...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-54139
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 14:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-25 03:39 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 14:01:53 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing/user_events: Ensure write index cannot be negative

The write index indicates which event the data is for and accesses a
per-file array. The index is passed by user processes during write()
calls as the first 4 bytes. Ensure that it cannot be negative by
returning -EINVAL to prevent out of bounds accesses.

Update ftrace self-test to ensure this occurs properly.


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