CVE-2023-53339 — Reachable Assertion in Linux

CWE-617 — Reachable AssertionCWE-430 — Deployment of Wrong Handler5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix BUG_ON condition in btrfs_cancel_balance Pausing and canceling balance can race to interrupt balance lead to BUG_ON panic in btrfs_cancel_balance. The BUG_ON condition in btrfs_cancel_balance does not take this race scenario into account. However, the race condition has no other side effects. We can fix that. Reproducing it with panic trace like this: kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/volumes.c:4618! RIP: 0010:btrfs_cancel_…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.20 — 5.4.255+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxddf7e8984c83aee9122552529f4e77291903f8d9 — ceb9ba8e30833a4823e2dc73f80ebcdf2498d01a+4
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7gmh-9h47-r2x3: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix BUG_ON condition in btrfs_cancel_balance Pausing and canceling balanc↗2025-09-17
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OSV
CVE-2023-53339: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix BUG_ON condition in btrfs_cancel_balance Pausing and canceling balance↗2025-09-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in btrfs due to race condition↗2025-09-17
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Debian
CVE-2023-53339: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix ...↗2023
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