CVE-2023-53420 — Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr() Here is a BUG report from syzbot: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:710 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888021acaf3d by task syz-executor128/3632 Call Trace: ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline] ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.15 — 5.15.121+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.52-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxbe71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074 — f3380d895e28a32632eb3609f5bd515adee4e5a1+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-mpvx-hgx6-jw78: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr() Here is a BU↗2025-09-18
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OSV
CVE-2023-53420: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr() Here is a BUG↗2025-09-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr()↗2025-09-18
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Debian
CVE-2023-53420: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: Fix p...↗2023
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