CVE-2023-53420

HIGH

Linux kernel 5.15-5.15.121 6.1.39-6.1.* 6.4.4-6.4.* - Out-of-bounds Read in ntfs_listxattr

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr() Here is a BUG report from syzbot: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:710 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888021acaf3d by task syz-executor128/3632 Call Trace: ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline] ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:710 vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:457 [inline] listxattr+0x293/0x2d0 fs/xattr.c:804 Fix the logic of ea_all iteration. When the ea->name_len is 0, return immediately, or Add2Ptr() would visit invalid memory in the next loop. [[email protected]: lines of the patch have changed]

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.4%
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 (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15.121 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.39 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.4 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux be71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074 - 3c675ddffb17a8b1e32efad5c983254af18b12c2
Linux/Linux be71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074 - 721b75ea2dfce53a8890dff92ae01afca8e74f88
Linux/Linux be71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074 - c86a2517df6c9304db8fb12b77136ec7a5d85994
Linux/Linux be71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074 - f3380d895e28a32632eb3609f5bd515adee4e5a1
... and 1 more
Published Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026