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CVE-2023-53447: f2fs: don't reset unchangable mount option in f2fs_remount()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 18/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.09% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 115557cc226a927924f2d7d1980ccbf6e3b3bb36, 458c15dfbce62c35fefd9ca637b20a051309c9f1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 115557cc226a927924f2d7d1980ccbf6e3b3bb36, 458c15dfbce62c35fefd9ca637b20a051309c9f1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: don't reset unchangable mount option in f2fs_remount() syzbot reports a bug as below: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000009: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x69/0x2000 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4942 Call Trace: lock_acquire+0x1e3/0x520 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5691 __raw_write_lock include/linux/rwlock_api_smp.h:209 [inline] _raw_write_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:300 __drop_extent_tree+0x3ac/0x660 fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c:1100 f2fs_drop_extent_tree+0x17/0x30 fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c:1116 f2fs_insert_range+0x2d5/0x3c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:1664 f2fs_fallocate+0x4e4/0x6d0 fs/f2fs/file.c:1838 vfs_fallocate+0x54b/0x6b0 fs/open.c:324 ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:347 [inline] __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:355 [inline] __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:353 [inline] __x64_sys_fallocate+0xbd/0x100 fs/open.c:353 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd The root cause is race condition as below: - since it tries to remount rw filesystem, so that do_remount won't call sb_prepare_remount_readonly to block fallocate, there may be race condition in between remount and fallocate. - in f2fs_remount(), default_options() will reset mount option to default one, and then update it based on result of parse_options(), so there is a hole which race condition can happen. Thread A Thread B - f2fs_fill_super - parse_options - clear_opt(READ_EXTENT_CACHE) - f2fs_remount - default_options - set_opt(READ_EXTENT_CACHE) - f2fs_fallocate - f2fs_insert_range - f2fs_drop_extent_tree - __drop_extent_tree - __may_extent_tree - test_opt(READ_EXTENT_CACHE) return true - write_lock(&et->lock) access NULL pointer - parse_options - clear_opt(READ_EXTENT_CACHE)

MediumCVSS 4.7 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 18, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.0% · 0th percentile

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Action score

18

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
18 / 40 · 4.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected versions

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  • linux linux kernel3.8 and later · before 6.4.5

Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 3.8affected
    • 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 and later · before 115557cc226a927924f2d7d1980ccbf6e3b3bb36affected · git
    • 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 and later · before 458c15dfbce62c35fefd9ca637b20a051309c9f1affected · git
    • before 3.8not affected · semver
    • 6.4.5 and later · up to and including 6.4.*not affected · semver
    • 6.5 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxfrom 0—
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.4.11-16.4.11-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

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  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-53446Sep 18, 2025 · PCI/ASPM: Disable ASPM on MFD function removal to avoid use-after-free
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50406Sep 18, 2025 · iomap: iomap: fix memory corruption when recording errors during writeback
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux115557cc226a927924f2d7d1980ccbf6e3b3bb36Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux458c15dfbce62c35fefd9ca637b20a051309c9f1Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.4.11-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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