{"id":"CVE-2024-53233","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"unicode: Fix utf8_load() error path","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nunicode: Fix utf8_load() error path\n\nutf8_load() requests the symbol \"utf8_data_table\" and then checks if the\nrequested UTF-8 version is supported. If it's unsupported, it tries to\nput the data table using symbol_put(). If an unsupported version is\nrequested, symbol_put() fails like this:\n\n kernel BUG at kernel/module/main.c:786!\n RIP: 0010:__symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27\n  ? die+0x2e/0x50\n  ? do_trap+0xca/0x110\n  ? do_error_trap+0x65/0x80\n  ? __symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n  ? exc_invalid_op+0x51/0x70\n  ? __symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20\n  ? __pfx_cmp_name+0x10/0x10\n  ? __symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n  ? __symbol_put+0x62/0xb0\n  utf8_load+0xf8/0x150\n\nThat happens because symbol_put() expects the unique string that\nidentify the symbol, instead of a pointer to the loaded symbol. Fix that\nby using such string.","publishedAt":"2024-12-27T13:50:20.220Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T20:53:25.688Z","severity":{"score":5.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"2b3d047870120bcd46d7cc257d19ff49328fd585","status":"affected","lessThan":"4387cef540f36c2c9297460758cc2438305a24a0","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2b3d047870120bcd46d7cc257d19ff49328fd585","status":"affected","lessThan":"c4b6c1781f6cc4e2283120ac8d873864b8056f21","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2b3d047870120bcd46d7cc257d19ff49328fd585","status":"affected","lessThan":"6504dd27123966dc455494cb55217c04ca479121","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2b3d047870120bcd46d7cc257d19ff49328fd585","status":"affected","lessThan":"89933f8ab3b4cad5ac14ea56a39947d1ffe7d0e3","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2b3d047870120bcd46d7cc257d19ff49328fd585","status":"affected","lessThan":"156bb2c569cd869583c593d27a5bd69e7b2a4264","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/unicode/utf8-core.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.120","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.64","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.11.11","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.13","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/unicode/utf8-core.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4387cef540f36c2c9297460758cc2438305a24a0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4b6c1781f6cc4e2283120ac8d873864b8056f21","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6504dd27123966dc455494cb55217c04ca479121","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89933f8ab3b4cad5ac14ea56a39947d1ffe7d0e3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156bb2c569cd869583c593d27a5bd69e7b2a4264","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"],"weaknesses":["CWE-476"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:08:04.920Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53233.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-53233","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-12-27T13:50:20.220Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T20:53:25.688Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2024-11-19T17:17:25.026Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"unicode: Fix utf8_load() error path","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nunicode: Fix utf8_load() error path\n\nutf8_load() requests the symbol \"utf8_data_table\" and then checks if the\nrequested UTF-8 version is supported. If it's unsupported, it tries to\nput the data table using symbol_put(). If an unsupported version is\nrequested, symbol_put() fails like this:\n\n kernel BUG at kernel/module/main.c:786!\n RIP: 0010:__symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27\n  ? die+0x2e/0x50\n  ? do_trap+0xca/0x110\n  ? do_error_trap+0x65/0x80\n  ? __symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n  ? exc_invalid_op+0x51/0x70\n  ? __symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20\n  ? __pfx_cmp_name+0x10/0x10\n  ? __symbol_put+0x93/0xb0\n  ? __symbol_put+0x62/0xb0\n  utf8_load+0xf8/0x150\n\nThat happens because symbol_put() expects the unique string that\nidentify the symbol, instead of a pointer to the loaded symbol. 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