CVE-2023-53820Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Linux

Severity
6.7MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment In loop_set_status_from_info(), lo->lo_offset and lo->lo_sizelimit should be checked before reassignment, because if an overflow error occurs, the original correct value will be changed to the wrong value, and it will not be changed back. More, the original patch did not solve the problem, the value was set and ioctl returned an error, but the subsequent io used the va

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.20.05.4.274+5
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux2035c770bfdbcc82bd52e05871a7c82db9529e0f6bdf4e6dfb60cbb6121ccf027d97ed2ec97c0bcb+12
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment2025-12-09
GHSA
GHSA-3f7g-86g8-7vgv: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment In loop_set_status_fro2025-12-09
OSV
CVE-2023-53820: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment In loop_set_status_from_2025-12-09

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment2025-12-09
Debian
CVE-2023-53820: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: loop_...2023

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-53820 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz