CVE-2023-53194

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add length check in indx_get_root Thi...

CVE-2023-53194 is fixed in 22 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2024-784, released December 5, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
5th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add length check in indx_get_root This adds a length check to guarantee the retrieved index root is legit. [ 162.459513] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 162.460176] Read of size 2 at addr ffff8880037bca99 by task mount/243 [ 162.460851] [ 162.461252] CPU: 0 PID: 243 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7 #42 [ 162.461744] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 162.462609] Call Trace: [ 162.462954] <TASK> [ 162.463276] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63 [ 162.463822] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x689 [ 162.464608] ? unwind_get_return_address+0x3a/0x60 [ 162.465766] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 162.466975] kasan_report+0xa7/0x130 [ 162.467506] ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0xc0/0xf0 [ 162.467998] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 162.468536] __asan_load2+0x68/0x90 [ 162.468923] hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 162.469282] ? cmp_uints+0xe0/0xe0 [ 162.469557] ? cmp_sdh+0x90/0x90 [ 162.469864] ? ni_find_attr+0x214/0x300 [ 162.470217] ? ni_load_mi+0x80/0x80 [ 162.470479] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 162.470931] ? ntfs_bread_run+0x190/0x190 [ 162.471307] ? indx_get_root+0xe4/0x190 [ 162.471556] ? indx_get_root+0x140/0x190 [ 162.471833] ? indx_init+0x1e0/0x1e0 [ 162.472069] ? fnd_clear+0x115/0x140 [ 162.472363] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x100/0x100 [ 162.472731] indx_find+0x184/0x470 [ 162.473461] ? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x57/0xc0 [ 162.474429] ? indx_find_buffer+0x2d0/0x2d0 [ 162.474704] ? do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 162.474962] dir_search_u+0x196/0x2f0 [ 162.475381] ? ntfs_nls_to_utf16+0x450/0x450 [ 162.475661] ? ntfs_security_init+0x3d6/0x440 [ 162.475906] ? is_sd_valid+0x180/0x180 [ 162.476191] ntfs_extend_init+0x13f/0x2c0 [ 162.476496] ? ntfs_fix_post_read+0x130/0x130 [ 162.476861] ? iput.part.0+0x286/0x320 [ 162.477325] ntfs_fill_super+0x11e0/0x1b50 [ 162.477709] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ 162.477970] ? vsprintf+0x20/0x20 [ 162.478258] ? set_blocksize+0x95/0x150 [ 162.478538] get_tree_bdev+0x232/0x370 [ 162.478789] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ 162.479038] ntfs_fs_get_tree+0x15/0x20 [ 162.479374] vfs_get_tree+0x4c/0x130 [ 162.479729] path_mount+0x654/0xfe0 [ 162.480124] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 162.480484] ? finish_automount+0x2e0/0x2e0 [ 162.480894] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 162.481467] ? kmem_cache_free+0x1c4/0x440 [ 162.482280] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 162.482714] do_mount+0xd6/0xf0 [ 162.483264] ? path_mount+0xfe0/0xfe0 [ 162.484782] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 162.485593] __x64_sys_mount+0xca/0x110 [ 162.486024] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 162.486543] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 162.487141] RIP: 0033:0x7f9d374e948a [ 162.488324] Code: 48 8b 0d 11 fa 2a 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 008 [ 162.489728] RSP: 002b:00007ffe30e73d18 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5 [ 162.490971] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000561cdb43a060 RCX: 00007f9d374e948a [ 162.491669] RDX: 0000561cdb43a260 RSI: 0000561cdb43a2e0 RDI: 0000561cdb442af0 [ 162.492050] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000561cdb43a280 R09: 0000000000000020 [ 162.492459] R10: 00000000c0ed0000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000561cdb442af0 [ 162.493183] R13: 0000561cdb43a260 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffff [ 162.493644] </TASK> [ 162.493908] [ 162.494214] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 162.494761] page:000000003e38a3d5 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x37bc [ 162.496064] flags: 0xfffffc0000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) [ 162.497278] raw: 000fffffc0000000 ffffea00000df1c8 ffffea00000df008 0000000000000000 [ 162.498928] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000240000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 162.500542] page dumped becau ---truncated---

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-livepatch-6.1.82-99.168 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-modules-extra · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.82-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53194 Sep 15, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53194 Sep 15, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53194 Sep 15, 2025
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784 Dec 5, 2024

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