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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-53450 json

ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group_pa()

published 2025-10-01 13 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2025-32793

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.14.315, 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3, 6.4
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.37-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.3.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53450

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-162.179
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-83.92
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1109.118
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1112.121
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1041.49
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1041.46
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1056.61

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53450

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-53450 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group_pa()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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