linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerati...
CVE-2023-53337 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53337, released September 17, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerating to read-only According to syzbot's report, mark_buffer_dirty() called from nilfs_segctor_do_construct() outputs a warning with some patterns after nilfs2 detects metadata corruption and degrades to read-only mode. After such read-only degeneration, page cache data may be cleared through nilfs_clear_dirty_page() which may also clear the uptodate flag for their buffer heads. However, even after the degeneration, log writes are still performed by unmount processing etc., which causes mark_buffer_dirty() to be called for buffer heads without the "uptodate" flag and causes the warning. Since any writes should not be done to a read-only file system in the first place, this fixes the warning in mark_buffer_dirty() by letting nilfs_segctor_do_construct() abort early if in read-only mode. This also changes the retry check of nilfs_segctor_write_out() to avoid unnecessary log write retries if it detects -EROFS that nilfs_segctor_do_construct() returned.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.37-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53337 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53337 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 6.3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53337 | Sep 17, 2025 |
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