CVE-2023-53829 — Incorrect Synchronization in Linux

CWE-821 — Incorrect Synchronization7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: flush inode if atomic file is aborted Let's flush the inode being aborted atomic operation to avoid stale dirty inode during eviction in this call stack: f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync+0x22/0x40 [f2fs] f2fs_abort_atomic_write+0xc4/0xf0 [f2fs] f2fs_evict_inode+0x3f/0x690 [f2fs] ? sugov_start+0x140/0x140 evict+0xc3/0x1c0 evict_inodes+0x17b/0x210 generic_shutdown_super+0x32/0x120 kill_block_super+0x21/0x50 deactivate_locked_su…

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel3.8.0 — 6.1.54+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.55-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 — 1c64dbe8fa3552a340bca6d7fa09468c16ed2a85+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-53829: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: flush inode if atomic file is aborted Let's flush the inode being aborted at↗2025-12-09
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OSV
f2fs: flush inode if atomic file is aborted↗2025-12-09
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GHSA
GHSA-38rj-5vp6-wr6c: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: flush inode if atomic file is aborted Let's flush the inode being aborted↗2025-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
kernel: f2fs: flush inode if atomic file is aborted↗2025-12-09
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Debian
CVE-2023-53829: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: flush...↗2023
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-53829 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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