CVE-2023-53055

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: destroy keyring after security_sb_delet...

CVE-2023-53055 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53055, released May 2, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0020
10th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: destroy keyring after security_sb_delete() fscrypt_destroy_keyring() must be called after all potentially-encrypted inodes were evicted; otherwise it cannot safely destroy the keyring. Since inodes that are in-use by the Landlock LSM don't get evicted until security_sb_delete(), this means that fscrypt_destroy_keyring() must be called *after* security_sb_delete(). This fixes a WARN_ON followed by a NULL dereference, only possible if Landlock was being used on encrypted files.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-livepatch-6.1.23-36.46 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53055 May 2, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53055 May 2, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53055 May 2, 2025
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025

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