CVE-2023-53835 — Kernel vulnerability

2 documents1 sources
Severity
—N/A
No vector
EPSS
No EPSS data
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Linux Kernel
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled When a file system currently mounted read/only is remounted read/write, if we clear the SB_RDONLY flag too early, before the quota is initialized, and there is another process/thread constantly attempting to create a directory, it's possible to trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE(dquot_init…

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.11.0 — 5.15.113+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled↗2025-12-09
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OSV
CVE-2023-53835: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled When a f↗0001-01-01
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