CVE-2023-53083

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel >=5.19 <6.1.22 - Memory Corruption via NFS Splice Read Page Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: don't replace page in rq_pages if it's a continuation of last page The splice read calls nfsd_splice_actor to put the pages containing file data into the svc_rqst->rq_pages array. It's possible however to get a splice result that only has a partial page at the end, if (e.g.) the filesystem hands back a short read that doesn't cover the whole page. nfsd_splice_actor will plop the partial page into its rq_pages array and return. Then later, when nfsd_splice_actor is called again, the remainder of the page may end up being filled out. At this point, nfsd_splice_actor will put the page into the array _again_ corrupting the reply. If this is done enough times, rq_next_page will overrun the array and corrupt the trailing fields -- the rq_respages and rq_next_page pointers themselves. If we've already added the page to the array in the last pass, don't add it to the array a second time when dealing with a splice continuation. This was originally handled properly in nfsd_splice_actor, but commit 91e23b1c3982 ("NFSD: Clean up nfsd_splice_actor()") removed the check for it.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 6.1.22linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.9linux
Linux/Linux < 5.19
Linux/Linux 5.19
Linux/Linux 56bc7e3821e847a6cc8027ddaba32e9a440225a5 - 12eca509234acb6b666802edf77408bb70d7bfca
Linux/Linux 6.1.22 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.9 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux 91e23b1c39820bfed642119ff6b6ef9f43cf09ce - 0101067f376eb7b9afd00279270f25d5111a091d
Linux/Linux 91e23b1c39820bfed642119ff6b6ef9f43cf09ce - 27c934dd8832dd40fd34776f916dc201e18b319b
... and 4 more
Published May 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026