CVE-2023-53796
Dec. 9, 2025, 6:37 p.m.
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix information leak in f2fs_move_inline_dirents()
When converting an inline directory to a regular one, f2fs is leaking
uninitialized memory to disk because it doesn't initialize the entire
directory block. Fix this by zero-initializing the block.
This bug was introduced by commit 4ec17d688d74 ("f2fs: avoid unneeded
initializing when converting inline dentry"), which didn't consider the
security implications of leaking uninitialized memory to disk.
This was found by running xfstest generic/435 on a KMSAN-enabled kernel.
Product(s) Impacted
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Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
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| a | linux | linux_kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
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Published: Dec. 9, 2025, 1:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 9, 2025, 6:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 9, 2025, 6:37 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
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