CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-53481
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- Last modified
- 2026-10-15
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ubi: ubi_wl_put_peb: Fix infinite loop when wear-leveling work failed
Following process will trigger an infinite loop in ubi_wl_put_peb():
ubifs_bgt ubi_bgt
ubifs_leb_unmap
ubi_leb_unmap
ubi_eba_unmap_leb
ubi_wl_put_peb wear_leveling_worker
e1 = rb_entry(rb_first(&ubi->used)
e2 = get_peb_for_wl(ubi)
ubi_io_read_vid_hdr // return err (flash fault)
out_error:
ubi->move_from = ubi->move_to = NULL
wl_entry_destroy(ubi, e1)
ubi->lookuptbl[e->pnum] = NULL
retry:
e = ubi->lookuptbl[pnum]; // return NULL
if (e == ubi->move_from) { // NULL == NULL gets true
goto retry; // infinite loop !!!
$ top
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM COMMAND
7676 root 20 0 0 0 0 R 100.0 0.0 ubifs_bgt0_0
Fix it by:
1) Letting ubi_wl_put_peb() returns directly if wearl leveling entry has
been removed from 'ubi->lookuptbl'.
2) Using 'ubi->wl_lock' protecting wl entry deletion to preventing an
use-after-free problem for wl entry in ubi_wl_put_peb().
Fetch a reproducer in [Link].
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.25 < 4.14.308)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.276)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.235)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.173)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.100)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.18)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.2.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3afaaf6f5867dc4ad383808d4053f428ec7b867d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d57a7333e26040f2b583983e1970d9d460e56b0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5af1c643184a5d09ff5b3f334077a4d0a163c677 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a18856e074479bd050b01e688c58defadce7ab0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b40d2fbf47af58377e898b5062077a47bb28a132 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5be23f6ae610bdb262160a1f294afee6d0e6a69 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc4bc532acda66189bddc03b3fe1ad689d9a48a2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f006f596fe851c3b6aae60b79f89f89f0e515d2f Patch