CVE-2023-53593Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Release folio lock on fscache read hit. Under the current code, when cifs_readpage_worker is called, the call contract is that the callee should unlock the page. This is documented in the read_folio section of Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst as: > The filesystem should unlock the folio once the read has completed, > whether it was successful or not. Without this change, when fscache is in use and cache hit occurs dur

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_kernel5.17.16.1.47+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux0174ee9947bd0f24fee2794b35258960d108b7aa9e725386d4262ef23ae51993f04602bc535b5be2+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53593: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Release folio lock on fscache read hit2025-10-04
GHSA
GHSA-c98j-hghp-fmxr: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Release folio lock on fscache read hit2025-10-04

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: cifs: Release folio lock on fscache read hit2025-10-04
Debian
CVE-2023-53593: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Relea...2023