Goal Reached Thanks to every supporter — we hit 100%!

Goal: 1000 CNY · Raised: 1359 CNY

100%
Buy Us a Coffee

CVE-2023-53538— btrfs: insert tree mod log move in push_node_left

Quick assessment

Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于树修改日志移动操作不当，可能导致空指针取消引用。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.15% · P4

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 57911b8ba814fae01306376a0d02bc7cdc88dc94< 7e0ee4cb02e6b485103ecd125743b2818a68993d affected
57911b8ba814fae01306376a0d02bc7cdc88dc94< 11f14402fe3437852cb44945b3b9f1bdb4032956 affected
57911b8ba814fae01306376a0d02bc7cdc88dc94< 5cead5422a0e3d13b0bcee986c0f5c4ebb94100b affected
3.7 affected
< 3.7 unaffected
6.1.189≤ 6.1.* unaffected
6.4.4≤ 6.4.* unaffected
6.5≤ * unaffected
Get alerts for future matching vulnerabilities Log in to subscribe

I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53538

Vulnerability Information
Have questions about the vulnerability? See if Shenlong's analysis helps!
View Shenlong Deep Dive ↗

Although we use advanced large model technology, its output may still contain inaccurate or outdated information.Shenlong tries to ensure data accuracy, but please verify and judge based on the actual situation.

Vulnerability Title
btrfs: insert tree mod log move in push_node_left
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: insert tree mod log move in push_node_left There is a fairly unlikely race condition in tree mod log rewind that can result in a kernel panic which has the following trace: [530.569] BTRFS critical (device sda3): unable to find logical 0 length 4096 [530.585] BTRFS critical (device sda3): unable to find logical 0 length 4096 [530.602] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000002 [530.618] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [530.629] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [530.641] PGD 0 P4D 0 [530.647] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [530.654] CPU: 30 PID: 398973 Comm: below Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S O K 5.12.0-0_fbk13_clang_7455_gb24de3bdb045 #1 [530.680] Hardware name: Quanta Mono Lake-M.2 SATA 1HY9U9Z001G/Mono Lake-M.2 SATA, BIOS F20_3A15 08/16/2017 [530.703] RIP: 0010:__btrfs_map_block+0xaa/0xd00 [530.755] RSP: 0018:ffffc9002c2f7600 EFLAGS: 00010246 [530.767] RAX: ffffffffffffffea RBX: ffff888292e41000 RCX: f2702d8b8be15100 [530.784] RDX: ffff88885fda6fb8 RSI: ffff88885fd973c8 RDI: ffff88885fd973c8 [530.800] RBP: ffff888292e410d0 R08: ffffffff82fd7fd0 R09: 00000000fffeffff [530.816] R10: ffffffff82e57fd0 R11: ffffffff82e57d70 R12: 0000000000000000 [530.832] R13: 0000000000001000 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: ffffc9002c2f76f0 [530.848] FS: 00007f38d64af000(0000) GS:ffff88885fd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [530.866] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [530.880] CR2: 0000000000000002 CR3: 00000002b6770004 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [530.896] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [530.912] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [530.928] Call Trace: [530.934] ? btrfs_printk+0x13b/0x18c [530.943] ? btrfs_bio_counter_inc_blocked+0x3d/0x130 [530.955] btrfs_map_bio+0x75/0x330 [530.963] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x12a/0x2d0 [530.973] ? btrfs_submit_metadata_bio+0x63/0x100 [530.984] btrfs_submit_metadata_bio+0xa4/0x100 [530.995] submit_extent_page+0x30f/0x360 [531.004] read_extent_buffer_pages+0x49e/0x6d0 [531.015] ? submit_extent_page+0x360/0x360 [531.025] btree_read_extent_buffer_pages+0x5f/0x150 [531.037] read_tree_block+0x37/0x60 [531.046] read_block_for_search+0x18b/0x410 [531.056] btrfs_search_old_slot+0x198/0x2f0 [531.066] resolve_indirect_ref+0xfe/0x6f0 [531.076] ? ulist_alloc+0x31/0x60 [531.084] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x12e/0x2b0 [531.095] find_parent_nodes+0x720/0x1830 [531.105] ? ulist_alloc+0x10/0x60 [531.113] iterate_extent_inodes+0xea/0x370 [531.123] ? btrfs_previous_extent_item+0x8f/0x110 [531.134] ? btrfs_search_path_in_tree+0x240/0x240 [531.146] iterate_inodes_from_logical+0x98/0xd0 [531.157] ? btrfs_search_path_in_tree+0x240/0x240 [531.168] btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino+0xd9/0x180 [531.179] btrfs_ioctl+0xe2/0x2eb0 This occurs when logical inode resolution takes a tree mod log sequence number, and then while backref walking hits a rewind on a busy node which has the following sequence of tree mod log operations (numbers filled in from a specific example, but they are somewhat arbitrary) REMOVE_WHILE_FREEING slot 532 REMOVE_WHILE_FREEING slot 531 REMOVE_WHILE_FREEING slot 530 ... REMOVE_WHILE_FREEING slot 0 REMOVE slot 455 REMOVE slot 454 REMOVE slot 453 ... REMOVE slot 0 ADD slot 455 ADD slot 454 ADD slot 453 ... ADD slot 0 MOVE src slot 0 -> dst slot 456 nritems 533 REMOVE slot 455 REMOVE slot 454 REMOVE slot 453 ... REMOVE slot 0 When this sequence gets applied via btrfs_tree_mod_log_rewind, it allocates a fresh rewind eb, and first inserts the correct key info for the 533 elements, then overwrites the first 456 of them, then decrements the count by 456 via the add ops, then rewinds the move by doing a memmove from 456:988->0:532. We have never written anything past 532, ---truncated---
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于树修改日志移动操作不当，可能导致空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 57911b8ba814fae01306376a0d02bc7cdc88dc94 ~ 7e0ee4cb02e6b485103ecd125743b2818a68993d -
Linux Linux 3.7 -

II. Public POCs for CVE-2023-53538

# POC Description Source Link Shenlong Link
AI-Generated POC Premium

No public POC found.

Login to generate AI POC

III. Intelligence Information for CVE-2023-53538

请登录查看更多情报信息。

Patches & Fixes for CVE-2023-53538 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-10-04 · 144 CVEs total

CVE-2025-39932 9.8 CRITICAL smb: client: let smbd_destroy() call disable_work_sync(&info->post_send_credits_work)
CVE-2025-39948 9.8 CRITICAL ice: fix Rx page leak on multi-buffer frames
CVE-2025-39946 9.8 CRITICAL tls: make sure to abort the stream if headers are bogus
CVE-2025-39933 9.4 CRITICAL smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length
CVE-2025-39943 9.4 CRITICAL ksmbd: smbdirect: validate data_offset and data_length field of smb_direct_data_transfer
CVE-2023-53600 9.1 CRITICAL tunnels: fix kasan splat when generating ipv4 pmtu error
CVE-2023-53615 8.8 HIGH scsi: qla2xxx: Fix deletion race condition
CVE-2025-39952 8.8 HIGH wifi: wilc1000: avoid buffer overflow in WID string configuration
CVE-2023-53589 8.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't trust firmware n_channels
CVE-2023-53586 8.8 HIGH scsi: target: Fix multiple LUN_RESET handling
CVE-2022-50493 8.8 HIGH scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash when I/O abort times out
CVE-2023-53598 8.4 HIGH bus: mhi: host: Range check CHDBOFF and ERDBOFF
CVE-2023-53566 7.8 HIGH netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: fix null deref on element insertion
CVE-2023-53536 7.8 HIGH blk-crypto: make blk_crypto_evict_key() more robust
CVE-2023-53560 7.8 HIGH tracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables
CVE-2023-53559 7.8 HIGH ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6
CVE-2023-53557 7.8 HIGH fprobe: Release rethook after the ftrace_ops is unregistered
CVE-2023-53537 7.8 HIGH f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free for cached IPU bio
CVE-2023-53539 7.8 HIGH RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester
CVE-2023-53545 7.8 HIGH drm/amdgpu: unmap and remove csa_va properly

Showing top 20 of 144 CVEs. View all on vendor page &rarr; →

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: Linux
Same vendor: Linux

V. Comments for CVE-2023-53538

No comments yet

Leave a comment