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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-53270" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-09-16T08:06:59.730Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:41:40.526Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53270" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53270.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53270" title: "ext4: fix i_disksize exceeding i_size problem in paritally written case" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix i_disksize exceeding i_size problem in paritally written case\n\nIt is possible for i_disksize can exceed i_size, triggering a warning.\n\ngeneric_perform_write\n copied = iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic(len) // copied \u003c len\n ext4_da_write_end\n | ext4_update_i_disksize\n | new_i_size = pos + copied;\n | WRITE_ONCE(EXT4_I(inode)-\u003ei_disksize, newsize) // update i_disksize\n | generic_write_end\n | copied = block_write_end(copied, len) // copied = 0\n | if (unlikely(copied \u003c len))\n | if (!PageUptodate(page))\n | copied = 0;\n | if (pos + copied \u003e inode-\u003ei_size) // return false\n if (unlikely(copied == 0))\n goto again;\n if (unlikely(iov_iter_fault_in_readable(i, bytes))) {\n status = -EFAULT;\n break;\n }\n\nWe get i_disksize greater than i_size here, which could trigger WARNING\ncheck 'i_size_read(inode) \u003c EXT4_I(inode)-\u003ei_disksize' while doing dio:\n\next4_dio_write_iter\n iomap_dio_rw\n __iomap_dio_rw // return err, length is not aligned to 512\n ext4_handle_inode_extension\n WARN_ON_ONCE(i_size_read(inode) \u003c EXT4_I(inode)-\u003ei_disksize) // Oops\n\n WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2609 at fs/ext4/file.c:319\n CPU: 2 PID: 2609 Comm: aa Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2\n RIP: 0010:ext4_file_write_iter+0xbc7\n Call Trace:\n vfs_write+0x3b1\n ksys_write+0x77\n do_syscall_64+0x39\n\nFix it by updating 'copied' value before updating i_disksize just like\next4_write_inline_data_end() does.\n\nA reproducer can be found in the buganizer link below." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"18eb23891aeae3229baf8c7c23b76be3364e1967"},{"version":"64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d30090eb546d993ea3f3023452540c476ea614a5"},{"version":"64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3ecea2fee14227712694c8b54ad99d471e61de92"},{"version":"64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"53877ed201baa6b58f7ce9df92664a839113c30e"},{"version":"64769240bd07f446f83660bb143bb609d8ab4910","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1dedde690303c05ef732b7c5c8356fdf60a4ade3"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.27","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.27"},{"version":"5.15.111","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.28","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*"},{"version":"6.3.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.3.*"},{"version":"6.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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