CVE-2023-53616 — Double Free in Linux

CWE-415 — Double FreeCWE-1341 — Multiple Releases of Same Resource or Handle5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap in diUnmount syzbot found an invalid-free in diUnmount: BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3661 [inline] BUG: KASAN: double-free in __kmem_cache_free+0x71/0x110 mm/slub.c:3674 Free of addr ffff88806f410000 by task syz-executor131/3632 CPU: 0 PID: 3632 Comm: syz-executor131 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-syzkaller-00012-gca57f02295f1 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute En…

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.12.1 — 4.14.326+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 — c3c0f0ddd851b3fa3e9d3450bbcd561f4f850469+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53616: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap in diUnmount syzbot found an inval↗2025-10-04
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GHSA
GHSA-v852-w8jm-hg43: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap in diUnmount syzbot found an inv↗2025-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: jfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap in diUnmount↗2025-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2023-53616: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix in...↗2023
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