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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0028 20.2 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux 420594296838fdc9a674470d710cda7d1487f9f4 – — Linux 2.6.30 – 6.4.4
TIMELINE Oct 1 Reserved by Linux Oct 1 Published (CNA: Linux) Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-53491 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: start_kernel: Add __no_stack_protector function attribute Back during the discussion of commit a9a3ed1eff36 ("x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try") we discussed the need for a function attribute to control the omission of stack protectors on a per-function basis; at the time Clang had support for no_stack_protector but GCC did not. This was fixed in gcc-11. Now that the function attribute is available, let's start using it. Callers of boot_init_stack_canary need to use this function attribute unless they're compiled with -fno-stack-protector, otherwise the canary stored in the stack slot of the caller will differ upon the call to boot_init_stack_canary. This will lead to a call to __stack_chk_fail() then panic.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 1, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-53491 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2023-53491 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
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