CVE-2023-53421
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2023
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
blk-cgroup: Reinit blkg_iostat_set after clearing in blkcg_reset_stats()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: Reinit blkg_iostat_set after clearing in blkcg_reset_stats() When blkg_alloc() is called to allocate a blkcg_gq structure with the associated blkg_iostat_set's, there are 2 fields within blkg_iostat_set that requires proper initialization - blkg & sync. The former field was introduced by commit 3b8cc6298724 ("blk-cgroup: Optimize blkcg_rstat_flush()") while the later one was introduced by commit f73316482977 ("blk-cgroup: reimplement basic IO stats using cgroup rstat"). Unfortunately those fields in the blkg_iostat_set's are not properly re-initialized when they are cleared in v1's blkcg_reset_stats(). This can lead to a kernel panic due to NULL pointer access of the blkg pointer. The missing initialization of sync is less problematic and can be a problem in a debug kernel due to missing lockdep initialization. Fix these problems by re-initializing them after memory clearing.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f73316482977ac401ac37245c9df48079d4e11f3 | affected | git | 58c135513562698f222a58ba07dbdfcfb268aa0d | Unavailable | None listed |
| f73316482977ac401ac37245c9df48079d4e11f3 | affected | git | 0561aa6033dd181594116d705c41fc16e97161a2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f73316482977ac401ac37245c9df48079d4e11f3 | affected | git | 892faa76be894d324bf48b12a55c7af7be2bad83 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f73316482977ac401ac37245c9df48079d4e11f3 | affected | git | b0d26283af612b9e0cc3188b0b88ad7fdea447e8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f73316482977ac401ac37245c9df48079d4e11f3 | affected | git | abbce7f82613ea5eeefd0fc3c1c8e449b9cef2a2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f73316482977ac401ac37245c9df48079d4e11f3 | affected | git | 3d2af77e31ade05ff7ccc3658c3635ec1bea0979 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.258 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.199 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.162 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.3.13 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.3.* | None listed |
| 6.4.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.4.* | None listed |
| 6.5 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |