CVE-2023-53618 — Linux vulnerability

6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Latest updateApr 20

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: reject invalid reloc tree root keys with stack dump [BUG] Syzbot reported a crash that an ASSERT() got triggered inside prepare_to_merge(). That ASSERT() makes sure the reloc tree is properly pointed back by its subvolume tree. [CAUSE] After more debugging output, it turns out we had an invalid reloc tree: BTRFS error (device loop1): reloc tree mismatch, root 8 has no reloc root, expect reloc root key (-8, 132, 8) ge…

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_kernel5.2.19 — 5.3+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.52-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux259ee7754b6793af8bdd77f9ca818bc41cfe9541 — 314135b7bae9618a317874ae195272682cf2d5d4+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
VulDB
Linux Kernel up to 5.15.126/6.1.45/6.4.10 btrfs assertion (WID-SEC-2025-2229)↗2026-04-20
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OSV
CVE-2023-53618: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: reject invalid reloc tree root keys with stack dump [BUG] Syzbot reported a↗2025-10-07
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GHSA
GHSA-2244-8r8j-955v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: reject invalid reloc tree root keys with stack dump [BUG] Syzbot reported↗2025-10-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: btrfs: reject invalid reloc tree root keys with stack dump↗2025-10-07
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Debian
CVE-2023-53618: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: reje...↗2023
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