CVE-2023-53111

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.4-5.15.104 6.1.21-6.1 - Use-After-Free in Loop Device Request Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: Fix use-after-free issues do_req_filebacked() calls blk_mq_complete_request() synchronously or asynchronously when using asynchronous I/O unless memory allocation fails. Hence, modify loop_handle_cmd() such that it does not dereference 'cmd' nor 'rq' after do_req_filebacked() finished unless we are sure that the request has not yet been completed. This patch fixes the following kernel crash: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000054 Call trace: css_put.42938+0x1c/0x1ac loop_process_work+0xc8c/0xfd4 loop_rootcg_workfn+0x24/0x34 process_one_work+0x244/0x558 worker_thread+0x400/0x8fc kthread+0x16c/0x1e0 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 4.4
Linux/Linux 4.4
Linux/Linux 5.15.104 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.21 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.8 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux bc07c10a3603a5ab3ef01ba42b3d41f9ac63d1b6 - 407badf73ec9fb0d5744bf2ca1745c1818aa222f
Linux/Linux bc07c10a3603a5ab3ef01ba42b3d41f9ac63d1b6 - 6917395c4667cfb607ed8bf1826205a59414657c
Linux/Linux bc07c10a3603a5ab3ef01ba42b3d41f9ac63d1b6 - 9b0cb770f5d7b1ff40bea7ca385438ee94570eec
Linux/Linux bc07c10a3603a5ab3ef01ba42b3d41f9ac63d1b6 - e3fda704903f6d1fc351412f1bc6620333959ada
... and 2 more
Published May 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026