CVE-2023-53429

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.4.7 - Use-After-Free in Btrfs __extent_writepage

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: don't check PageError in __extent_writepage __extent_writepage currenly sets PageError whenever any error happens, and the also checks for PageError to decide if to call error handling. This leads to very unclear responsibility for cleaning up on errors. In the VM and generic writeback helpers the basic idea is that once I/O is fired off all error handling responsibility is delegated to the end I/O handler. But if that end I/O handler sets the PageError bit, and the submitter checks it, the bit could in some cases leak into the submission context for fast enough I/O. Fix this by simply not checking PageError and just using the local ret variable to check for submission errors. This also fundamentally solves the long problem documented in a comment in __extent_writepage by never leaking the error bit into the submission context.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 3.16.0 - 6.4.7linux
Linux/Linux < 3.16
Linux/Linux 3.16
Linux/Linux 6.4.7 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 61391d562229ed94899ed4b4973dc2f0c015292a - 3e92499e3b004baffb479d61e191b41b604ece9a
Linux/Linux 61391d562229ed94899ed4b4973dc2f0c015292a - d40be032ecd8ee1ca033bee43c7755d21fb4d72a
linux/linux_kernel < 6.4.7
Published Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026