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CVE-2023-53494

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
01/10/2025
Last modified:
16/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly<br /> <br /> As it is xts only handles the special return value of EINPROGRESS,<br /> which means that in all other cases it will free data related to the<br /> request.<br /> <br /> However, as the caller of xts may specify MAY_BACKLOG, we also need<br /> to expect EBUSY and treat it in the same way. Otherwise backlogged<br /> requests will trigger a use-after-free.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.4 (including) 5.10.173 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.11 (including) 5.15.99 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 (including) 6.1.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.2.3 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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