CVE-2023-54046 — Incorrect Check of Function Return Value in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 89.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly
As it is essiv only handles the special return value of EINPROGERSS,
which means that in all other cases it will free data related to the
request.
However, as the caller of essiv may specify MAY_BACKLOG, we also need
to expect EBUSY and treat it in the same way. Otherwise backlogged
requests will trigger a use-after-free.
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxbe1eb7f78aa8fbe34779c56c266ccd0364604e71 — c61e7d182ee3f3f5ecf18a2964e303d49c539b52+6
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2023-54046: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly As it is essiv only handles the special ret↗2025-12-24
GHSA▶
GHSA-m7wm-fq3g-5gmr: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly
As it is essiv only handles the special r↗2025-12-24