{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2023-53311",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-53311"
  ],
  "published": "2025-09-16T16:13:45Z",
  "summary": "nilfs2: fix use-after-free of nilfs_root in dirtying inodes via iput",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnilfs2: fix use-after-free of nilfs_root in dirtying inodes via iput\n\nDuring unmount process of nilfs2, nothing holds nilfs_root structure after\nnilfs2 detaches its writer in nilfs_detach_log_writer().  Previously,\nnilfs_evict_inode() could cause use-after-free read for nilfs_root if\ninodes are left in \"garbage_list\" and released by nilfs_dispose_list at\nthe end of nilfs_detach_log_writer(), and this bug was fixed by commit\n9b5a04ac3ad9 (\"nilfs2: fix use-after-free bug of nilfs_root in\nnilfs_evict_inode()\").\n\nHowever, it turned out that there is another possibility of UAF in the\ncall path where mark_inode_dirty_sync() is called from iput():\n\nnilfs_detach_log_writer()\n  nilfs_dispose_list()\n    iput()\n      mark_inode_dirty_sync()\n        __mark_inode_dirty()\n          nilfs_dirty_inode()\n            __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty()\n              nilfs_load_inode_block() --> causes UAF of nilfs_root struct\n\nThis can happen after commit 0ae45f63d4ef (\"vfs: add support for a\nlazytime mount option\"), which changed iput() to call\nmark_inode_dirty_sync() on its final reference if i_state has I_DIRTY_TIME\nflag and i_nlink is non-zero.\n\nThis issue appears after commit 28a65b49eb53 (\"nilfs2: do not write dirty\ndata after degenerating to read-only\") when using the syzbot reproducer,\nbut the issue has potentially existed before.\n\nFix this issue by adding a \"purging flag\" to the nilfs structure, setting\nthat flag while disposing the \"garbage_list\" and checking it in\n__nilfs_mark_inode_dirty().\n\nUnlike commit 9b5a04ac3ad9 (\"nilfs2: fix use-after-free bug of nilfs_root\nin nilfs_evict_inode()\"), this patch does not rely on ns_writer to\ndetermine whether to skip operations, so as not to break recovery on\nmount.  The nilfs_salvage_orphan_logs routine dirties the buffer of\nsalvaged data before attaching the log writer, so changing\n__nilfs_mark_inode_dirty() to skip the operation when ns_writer is NULL\nwill cause recovery write to fail.  The purpose of using the cleanup-only\nflag is to allow for narrowing of such conditions.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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      ],
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      "database_specific": {
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            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.46"
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53311"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11afd67f1b3c28eb216e50a3ca8dbcb69bb71793"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c3b4cbf9b8554120fb230e6516e980c6277487"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c539c216cce74837a9cf5804eb205939b82227"
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      "type": "FIX",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7532ff6edbf5242376b24a95a2fefb59bb653e5a"
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    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8654743a0e6909dc634cbfad6db6816f10f3399"
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  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T11:24:39Z"
  }
}