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CVE-2023-53796

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CVE-2023-53796

Published: Dec 9, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix information leak in f2fs_move_inline_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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
4ec17d688d74b6b7cb10043c57ff4818cde2b0ca - < 4e3b4b170bd43db1d8a93a6bd0ea434b17cc86f7
affected
4ec17d688d74b6b7cb10043c57ff4818cde2b0ca - < a6807ef0f3b3d8508d3b07a2e35de8a91820a014
affected
4ec17d688d74b6b7cb10043c57ff4818cde2b0ca - < 2bef8314fcf94ddc27e22d03f237c0fafd00de33
affected
4ec17d688d74b6b7cb10043c57ff4818cde2b0ca - < 00b5587326625d0fddb2a5f5a3d4acd950102ace
affected
4ec17d688d74b6b7cb10043c57ff4818cde2b0ca - < 117d4f6687b1f74423b5d398ea95c63b262a8e73

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.3
unaffected
0 - < 4.3
unaffected
4.14.308 - <= 4.14.*
unaffected
4.19.276 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.235 - <= 5.4.*

+5 more versions

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