CVE-2023-53055
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.10.154-5.11 - NULL Pointer Dereference via fscrypt Keyring Destruction
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: destroy keyring after security_sb_delete() fscrypt_destroy_keyring() must be called after all potentially-encrypted inodes were evicted; otherwise it cannot safely destroy the keyring. Since inodes that are in-use by the Landlock LSM don't get evicted until security_sb_delete(), this means that fscrypt_destroy_keyring() must be called *after* security_sb_delete(). This fixes a WARN_ON followed by a NULL dereference, only possible if Landlock was being used on encrypted files.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (17)
Linux/Linux
< 6.1
Linux/Linux
391cceee6d435e616f68631e68f5b32d480b1e67
Linux/Linux
5.10.154 - 5.11
Linux/Linux
5.15.105 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.78 - 5.15.105
Linux/Linux
6.0.8 - 6.1
Linux/Linux
6.1
Linux/Linux
6.1.22 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.2.9 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux
6.3
... and 7 more
Published
May 02, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026