CVE-2023-53796

Linux Kernel - Information Leak in f2fs_move_inline_dirents()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix information leak in f2fs_move_inline_dirents() When converting an inline directory to a regular one, f2fs is leaking uninitialized memory to disk because it doesn't initialize the entire directory block. Fix this by zero-initializing the block. This bug was introduced by commit 4ec17d688d74 ("f2fs: avoid unneeded initializing when converting inline dentry"), which didn't consider the security implications of leaking uninitialized memory to disk. This was found by running xfstest generic/435 on a KMSAN-enabled kernel.

Scores

EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.7%

Details

Status published
Products (25)
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.276linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.235linux
linux/Kernel 4.3.0 - 4.14.308linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.99linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.16linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.173linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.3linux
Linux/Linux < 4.3
Linux/Linux 4.14.308 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.276 - 4.19.*
... and 15 more
Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026