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🛡️ CVE-2023-53100 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data

Syzbot found the following issue:

EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 without journal. Quota mode: none.

fscrypt: AES-256-CTS-CBC using implementation "cts-cbc-aes-aesni"

fscrypt: AES-256-XTS using implementation "xts-aes-aesni"

------------[ cut here ]------------

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5071 at mm/page_alloc.c:5525 __alloc_pages+0x30a/0x560 mm/page_alloc.c:5525

Modules linked in:

CPU: 1 PID: 5071 Comm: syz-executor263 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-syzkaller #0

Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022

RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages+0x30a/0x560 mm/page_alloc.c:5525

RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c2f1c0 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: ffffc90003c2f220 RBX: 0000000000000014 RCX: 0000000000000000

RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90003c2f248

RBP: ffffc90003c2f2d8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffc90003c2f220

R10: fffff52000785e49 R11: 1ffff92000785e44 R12: 0000000000040d40

R13: 1ffff92000785e40 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92000785e3c

FS: 0000555556c0d300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

CR2: 00007f95d5e04138 CR3: 00000000793aa000 CR4: 00000000003506f0

DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000

DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Call Trace:

<TASK>

__alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:237 [inline]

alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:260 [inline]

__kmalloc_large_node+0x95/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:1113

__do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:956 [inline]

__kmalloc+0xfe/0x190 mm/slab_common.c:981

kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:584 [inline]

kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:720 [inline]

ext4_update_inline_data+0x236/0x6b0 fs/ext4/inline.c:346

ext4_update_inline_dir fs/ext4/inline.c:1115 [inline]

ext4_try_add_inline_entry+0x328/0x990 fs/ext4/inline.c:1307

ext4_add_entry+0x5a4/0xeb0 fs/ext4/namei.c:2385

ext4_add_nondir+0x96/0x260 fs/ext4/namei.c:2772

ext4_create+0x36c/0x560 fs/ext4/namei.c:2817

lookup_open fs/namei.c:3413 [inline]

open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3481 [inline]

path_openat+0x12ac/0x2dd0 fs/namei.c:3711

do_filp_open+0x264/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:3741

do_sys_openat2+0x124/0x4e0 fs/open.c:1310

do_sys_open fs/open.c:1326 [inline]

__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1342 [inline]

__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1337 [inline]

__x64_sys_openat+0x243/0x290 fs/open.c:1337

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Above issue happens as follows:

ext4_iget

ext4_find_inline_data_nolock ->i_inline_off=164 i_inline_size=60

ext4_try_add_inline_entry

__ext4_mark_inode_dirty

ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea ->i_extra_isize=32 s_want_extra_isize=44

ext4_xattr_shift_entries

->after shift i_inline_off is incorrect, actually is change to 176

ext4_try_add_inline_entry

ext4_update_inline_dir

get_max_inline_xattr_value_size

if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off)

entry = (struct ext4_xattr_entry *)((void *)raw_inode +

EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off);

free += EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(le32_to_cpu(entry->e_value_size));

->As entry is incorrect, then 'free' may be negative

ext4_update_inline_data

value = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);

-> len is unsigned int, maybe very large, then trigger warning when

'kzalloc()'

To resolve the above issue we need to update 'i_inline_off' after

'ext4_xattr_shift_entries()'. We do not need to set

EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA flag here, since ext4_mark_inode_dirty()

already sets this flag if needed. Setting EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA

when it is needed may trigger a BUG_ON in ext4_writepages().

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2023-53100 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.2.0 up to 6.2.7)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 2 May 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2023-53100 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-05-02
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.2.0 6.2.7
linux-kernel — —

References

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