CVE-2023-53111
CVE-2023-53111CVE-2023-53111
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
loop: Fix use-after-free issues
do_req_filebacked() calls blk_mq_complete_request() synchronously or
asynchronously when using asynchronous I/O unless memory allocation fails.
Hence, modify loop_handle_cmd() such that it does not dereference 'cmd' nor
'rq' after do_req_filebacked() finished unless we are sure that the request
has not yet been completed. This patch fixes the following kernel crash:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000054
Call trace:
css_put.42938+0x1c/0x1ac
loop_process_work+0xc8c/0xfd4
loop_rootcg_workfn+0x24/0x34
process_one_work+0x244/0x558
worker_thread+0x400/0x8fc
kthread+0x16c/0x1e0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |