CVE-2023-53763
- Published: 2025-12-08T02:15:52.173
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert “f2fs: fix to do sanity check on extent cache correctly”
syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3275:19
index 1409 is out of range for type ‘__le32[923]’ (aka ‘unsigned int[923]’)
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline]
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x11c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348
inline_data_addr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3275 [inline]
__recover_inline_status fs/f2fs/inode.c:113 [inline]
do_read_inode fs/f2fs/inode.c:480 [inline]
f2fs_iget+0x4730/0x48b0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:604
f2fs_fill_super+0x640e/0x80c0 fs/f2fs/super.c:4601
mount_bdev+0x276/0x3b0 fs/super.c:1391
legacy_get_tree+0xef/0x190 fs/fs_context.c:611
vfs_get_tree+0x8c/0x270 fs/super.c:1519
do_new_mount+0x28f/0xae0 fs/namespace.c:3335
do_mount fs/namespace.c:3675 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3884 [inline]
__se_sys_mount+0x2d9/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3861
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 issue was bisected to:
commit d48a7b3a72f121655d95b5157c32c7d555e44c05
Author: Chao Yu
Date: Mon Jan 9 03:49:20 2023 +0000
f2fs: fix to do sanity check on extent cache correctly
The root cause is we applied both v1 and v2 of the patch, v2 is the right
fix, so it needs to revert v1 in order to fix reported issue.
v1:
commit d48a7b3a72f1 (“f2fs: fix to do sanity check on extent cache correctly”)
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230109034920.492914-1-chao@kernel.org/
v2:
commit 269d11948100 (“f2fs: fix to do sanity check on extent cache correctly”)
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230207134808.1827869-1-chao@kernel.org/
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How to fix CVE-2023-53763
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert “f2fs: fix to do sanity check on extent cache correctly” syzbot reports a f2fs bug as below: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3275:19 index 1409 is out of range for type ‘__le32[923]’ (aka ‘unsigned int[923]’) Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x11c/0x150 […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Vendor Advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230109034920.492914-1-chao@kernel.org/
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