CVE-2023-53450

low-risk
Published 2025-10-01

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group_pa() If a malicious fuzzer overwrites the ext4 superblock while it is mounted such that the s_first_data_block is set to a very large number, the calculation of the block group can underflow, and trigger a BUG_ON check. Change this to be an ext4_warning so that we don't crash the kernel.

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (9)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/185062a21976fbc38f2efd296951b02c4500cf65
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/463808f237cf73e98a1a45ff7460c2406a150a0b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53c14e7cc2257191ba15425c15638fc4f8abb92b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978e5e9111af18741449b81fefd531a622dd969a
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0fc279de4bf17e1710bb7e83906538ff8f11111
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf2a16eb4e6d06124bd8436d4546f61539a65f29
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5bf8f7fb3ee3d99d1303ceb54599ea0599a4a5b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d87a4e4094c9879fc8acdff8ce59fdffa979c8e0
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef16d8a1798db1a1604ac44ca1bd73ec6bebf483
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low