CVE-2023-53796

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53796
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53796.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53796
Downstream
Published
2025-12-09T00:00:52.919Z
Modified
2026-04-02T09:45:11.948942Z
Summary
f2fs: fix information leak in f2fs_move_inline_dirents()
Details

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

f2fs: fix information leak in f2fsmoveinline_dirents()

When converting an inline directory to a regular one, f2fs is leaking uninitialized memory to disk because it doesn't initialize the entire directory block. Fix this by zero-initializing the block.

This bug was introduced by commit 4ec17d688d74 ("f2fs: avoid unneeded initializing when converting inline dentry"), which didn't consider the security implications of leaking uninitialized memory to disk.

This was found by running xfstest generic/435 on a KMSAN-enabled kernel.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53796.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
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
4ec17d688d74b6b7cb10043c57ff4818cde2b0ca
Fixed
4e3b4b170bd43db1d8a93a6bd0ea434b17cc86f7
Fixed
a6807ef0f3b3d8508d3b07a2e35de8a91820a014
Fixed
2bef8314fcf94ddc27e22d03f237c0fafd00de33
Fixed
00b5587326625d0fddb2a5f5a3d4acd950102ace
Fixed
117d4f6687b1f74423b5d398ea95c63b262a8e73
Fixed
f07a8d61b6ea81bb3cbe0638af40f8824d6147fd
Fixed
eebaecef0095bb8f493c03982da75c6e7bae1056
Fixed
9a5571cff4ffcfc24847df9fd545cc5799ac0ee5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53796.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.3.0
Fixed
4.14.308
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.15.0
Fixed
4.19.276
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.235
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.173
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.99
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.2.3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53796.json"