CVE-2023-53810

Linux Kernel 5.8.0-6.3.1 Use-After-Free in blk_crypto_reprogram_all_keys

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: release crypto keyslot before reporting I/O complete Once all I/O using a blk_crypto_key has completed, filesystems can call blk_crypto_evict_key(). However, the block layer currently doesn't call blk_crypto_put_keyslot() until the request is being freed, which happens after upper layers have been told (via bio_endio()) the I/O has completed. This causes a race condition where blk_crypto_evict_key() can see 'slot_refs != 0' without there being an actual bug. This makes __blk_crypto_evict_key() hit the 'WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&slot->slot_refs) != 0)' and return without doing anything, eventually causing a use-after-free in blk_crypto_reprogram_all_keys(). (This is a very rare bug and has only been seen when per-file keys are being used with fscrypt.) There are two options to fix this: either release the keyslot before bio_endio() is called on the request's last bio, or make __blk_crypto_evict_key() ignore slot_refs. Let's go with the first solution, since it preserves the ability to report bugs (via WARN_ON_ONCE) where a key is evicted while still in-use.

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 7.1%

Details

Status published
Products (19)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.111linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.28linux
linux/Kernel 5.8.0 - 5.10.180linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.15linux
linux/Kernel 6.3.0 - 6.3.2linux
Linux/Linux < 5.8
Linux/Linux 5.10.180 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.111 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.8
Linux/Linux 6.1.28 - 6.1.*
... and 9 more
Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026