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CVE-2023-53537

CVE-2023-53537 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free for cached IPU bio xfstest generic/019 reports a bug: kernel BUG at mm/filemap.c:1619! RIP: 0010:folio_end_writeback+0x8a/0x90 Call Trace: end_page_writeback+0x1c/0x60 f2fs_write_end_io+0x199/0x420 bio_endio+0x104/0x180 submit_bio_noacct+0xa5/0x510 submit_bio+0x48/0x80 f2fs_submit_write_bio+0x35/0x300 f2fs_submit_merged_ipu_write+0x2a0/0x2b0 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x838/0x8b0 f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x379/0xa30 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x30c/0x340 do_writepages+0xd8/0x1b0 __writeback_single_inode+0x44/0x370 writeback_sb_inodes+0x233/0x4d0 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x56/0xf0 wb_writeback+0x1dd/0x2d0 wb_workfn+0x367/0x4a0 process_one_work+0x21d/0x430 worker_thread+0x4e/0x3c0 kthread+0x103/0x130 ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 The root cause is: after cp_error is set, f2fs_submit_merged_ipu_write() in f2fs_write_single_data_page() tries to flush IPU bio in cache, however f2fs_submit_merged_ipu_write() missed to check validity of @bio parameter, result in submitting random cached bio which belong to other IO context, then it will cause use-after-free issue, fix it by adding additional validity check.

EPSS 0.02% · 4.5th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.02%
4.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux*, 0b20fcec8651569935a10afe03fedc0b812d044e, 0b20fcec8651569935a10afe03fedc0b812d044e
linuxlinux_kernel5.5, 5.5, 5.5

Timeline

  • Jan 21, 1970 Security Advisory
  • Oct 4, 2025 CVE Published
  • Oct 5, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Oct 6, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Oct 7, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Oct 11, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Oct 11, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Oct 18, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Oct 24, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Oct 30, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Oct 31, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Nov 4, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
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