CVE-2023-53222

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.14.322 - Out-of-bounds Read in JFS DMAP Block Number Calculation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: jfs_dmap: Validate db_l2nbperpage while mounting In jfs_dmap.c at line 381, BLKTODMAP is used to get a logical block number inside dbFree(). db_l2nbperpage, which is the log2 number of blocks per page, is passed as an argument to BLKTODMAP which uses it for shifting. Syzbot reported a shift out-of-bounds crash because db_l2nbperpage is too big. This happens because the large value is set without any validation in dbMount() at line 181. Thus, make sure that db_l2nbperpage is correct while mounting. Max number of blocks per page = Page size / Min block size => log2(Max num_block per page) = log2(Page size / Min block size) = log2(Page size) - log2(Min block size) => Max db_l2nbperpage = L2PSIZE - L2MINBLOCKSIZE

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (19)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 11509910c599cbd04585ec35a6d5e1a0053d84c1
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2a03c4e683d33d17b667418eb717b13dda1fac6b
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 47b7eaae08e8b2f25bdf37bc14d21be090bcb20f
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 8c1efe3f74a7864461b0dff281c5562154b4aa8e
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - a4855aeb13e4ad1f23e16753b68212e180f7d848
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - c7feb54b113802d2aba98708769d3c33fb017254
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - de984faecddb900fa850af4df574a25b32bb93f5
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - ef5c205b6e6f8d1f18ef0b4a9832b1b5fa85f7f2
Linux/Linux 2.6.12
... and 9 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026