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CVE-2023-53285

ext4: add bounds checking in get_max_inline_xattr_value_size()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: add bounds checking in get_max_inline_xattr_value_size() Normally the extended attributes in the inode body would have been checked when the inode is first opened, but if someone is writing to the block device while the file system is mounted, it's possible for the inode table to get corrupted. Add bounds checking to avoid reading beyond the end of allocated memory if this happens.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. Published

  3. · 11 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-53285, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
LinuxCNA (assigner)3.1High7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < 5a229d21b98d132673096710e8281ef522dab1d1
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < 3d7b8fbcd2273e2b9f4c6de5ce2f4c0cd3cb1205
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < 486efbbc9445dca7890a1b86adbccb88b91284b0
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < 4597554b4f7b29e7fd78aa449bab648f8da4ee2c
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < f22b274429e88d3dc7e79d375b56ce4f2f59f0b4
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < 1d2caddbeeee56fbbc36b428c5b909c3ad88eb7f
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < e780058bd75614b66882bc02620ddbd884171560
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < 88a06a94942c5c0a896e9da1113a6bb29e36cbef
    • affected 67cf5b09a46f72e048501b84996f2f77bc42e947 – < 2220eaf90992c11d888fe771055d4de330385f01
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 3.8
    • unaffected < 3.8
    • unaffected 4.14.315 – ≤ 4.14.*
    • unaffected 4.19.283 – ≤ 4.19.*
    • unaffected 5.4.243 – ≤ 5.4.*
    • unaffected 5.10.180 – ≤ 5.10.*
    • unaffected 5.15.112 – ≤ 5.15.*
    • unaffected 6.1.29 – ≤ 6.1.*
    • unaffected 6.2.16 – ≤ 6.2.*
    • unaffected 6.3.3 – ≤ 6.3.*
    • unaffected 6.4 – ≤ *

References

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