CVE-2023-54140
Published: Dec 24, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix WARNING in mark_buffer_dirty due to discarded buffer reuse A syzbot stress test using a corrupted disk image reported that mark_buffer_dirty() called from __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty() or nilfs_palloc_commit_alloc_entry() may output a kernel warning, and can panic if the kernel is booted with panic_on_warn. This is because nilfs2 keeps buffer pointers in local structures for some metadata and reuses them, but such buffers may be forcibly discarded by nilfs_clear_dirty_page() in some critical situations. This issue is reported to appear after commit 28a65b49eb53 ("nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerating to read-only"), but the issue has potentially existed before. Fix this issue by checking the uptodate flag when attempting to reuse an internally held buffer, and reloading the metadata instead of reusing the buffer if the flag was lost.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c - < 473795610594f261e98920f0945550314df36f07affected 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c - < d95e403588738c7ec38f52b9f490b15e7745d393affected 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c - < 99a73016a5e12a09586a96f998e91f9ea145cd00affected 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c - < f1d637b63d8a27ac3386f186a694907f2717fc13affected 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c - < b911bef132a06de01a745c6a24172d6db7216333+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.10unaffected 0 - < 3.10unaffected 4.14.326 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.295 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.257 - <= 5.4.*+6 more versions |
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