CVE-2023-53494 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 1
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly
As it is xts only handles the special return value of EINPROGRESS,
which means that in all other cases it will free data related to the
request.
However, as the caller of xts may specify MAY_BACKLOG, we also need
to expect EBUSY and treat it in the same way. Otherwise backlogged
requests will trigger a use-after-free.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux8083b1bf8163e7ae7d8c90f221106d96450b8aa8 — 92a07ba4f0af2cccdc2aa5ee32679c9c9714db90+5
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-3646-gh58-xhcx: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly
As it is xts only handles the special retur↗2025-10-01
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53494: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly As it is xts only handles the special return↗2025-10-01