CVE-2023-53144

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53144
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53144.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53144
Downstream
Published
2025-05-02T15:56:14.417Z
Modified
2025-12-05T02:54:22.687677Z
Summary
erofs: fix wrong kunmap when using LZMA on HIGHMEM platforms
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

erofs: fix wrong kunmap when using LZMA on HIGHMEM platforms

As the call trace shown, the root cause is kunmap incorrect pages:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000 CPU: 1 PID: 40 Comm: kworker/u5:0 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc5 #4 Workqueue: erofsworker zerofsdecompressqueuework EIP: zerofslzmadecompress+0x34b/0x8ac zerofsdecompress+0x12/0x14 zerofsdecompressqueue+0x7e7/0xb1c zerofsdecompressqueuework+0x32/0x60 processonework+0x24b/0x4d8 ? processonework+0x1a4/0x4d8 workerthread+0x14c/0x3fc kthread+0xe6/0x10c ? rescuerthread+0x358/0x358 ? kthreadcompleteandexit+0x18/0x18 retfromfork+0x1c/0x28 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The bug is trivial and should be fixed now. It has no impact on !HIGHMEM platforms.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53144.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
622ceaddb7649ca328832f50ba1400af778d75fa
Fixed
fa4056781ac067b5946c6811459e1a36842047fd
Fixed
28aea8ae6cf212a5bf3ed962b27921e2029ad754
Fixed
8f121dfb15f7b4ab345992ce96003eb63fd608f4

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.15
v5.15-rc5
v5.15-rc6
v5.15-rc7
v5.16
v5.16-rc1
v5.16-rc2
v5.16-rc3
v5.16-rc4
v5.16-rc5
v5.16-rc6
v5.16-rc7
v5.16-rc8
v5.17
v5.17-rc1
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8

v6.*

v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.11
v6.1.12
v6.1.13
v6.1.14
v6.1.15
v6.1.16
v6.1.17
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.2
v6.1.3
v6.1.4
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.1.9
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.2.1
v6.2.2
v6.2.3
v6.2.4
v6.2.5
v6.2.6
v6.3-rc1

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.20
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.2.7