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CVE-2023-53360

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.18%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2025-09-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2023-53360
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.18%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4.2: Rework scratch handling for READ_PLUS (again) I found that the read code might send multiple requests using the same nfs_pgio_header, but nfs4_proc_read_setup() is only called once. This is how we ended up occasionally double-freeing the scratch buffer, but also means we set a NULL pointer but non-zero length to the xdr scratch buffer. This results in an oops the first time decoding needs to copy something to scratch, which frequently happens when decoding READ_PLUS hole segments. I fix this by moving scratch handling into the pageio read code. I provide a function to allocate scratch space for decoding read replies, and free the scratch buffer when the nfs_pgio_header is freed.

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