{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53584", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-10-04T15:40:38.477Z", "datePublished": "2025-10-04T15:43:59.835Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:47:53.655Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:47:53.655Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubifs: ubifs_releasepage: Remove ubifs_assert(0) to valid this process\n\nThere are two states for ubifs writing pages:\n1. Dirty, Private\n2. Not Dirty, Not Private\n\nThe normal process cannot go to ubifs_releasepage() which means there\nexists pages being private but not dirty. Reproducer[1] shows that it\ncould occur (which maybe related to [2]) with following process:\n\n PA PB PC\nlock(page)[PA]\nubifs_write_end\n attach_page_private // set Private\n __set_page_dirty_nobuffers // set Dirty\nunlock(page)\n\nwrite_cache_pages[PA]\n lock(page)\n clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)\t// clear Dirty\n ubifs_writepage\n\n do_truncation[PB]\n\t\t\t truncate_setsize\n\t\t\t i_size_write(inode, newsize) // newsize = 0\n\n i_size = i_size_read(inode)\t// i_size = 0\n end_index = i_size >> PAGE_SHIFT\n if (page->index > end_index)\n goto out // jump\nout:\nunlock(page) // Private, Not Dirty\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tgeneric_fadvise[PC]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t lock(page)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t invalidate_inode_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t try_to_release_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t ubifs_releasepage\n\t\t\t\t\t\t ubifs_assert(c, 0)\n\t\t // bad assertion!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t unlock(page)\n\t\t\t truncate_pagecache[PB]\n\nThen we may get following assertion failed:\n UBIFS error (ubi0:0 pid 1683): ubifs_assert_failed [ubifs]:\n UBIFS assert failed: 0, in fs/ubifs/file.c:1513\n UBIFS warning (ubi0:0 pid 1683): ubifs_ro_mode [ubifs]:\n switched to read-only mode, error -22\n CPU: 2 PID: 1683 Comm: aa Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-00184-g0bca5994cacc-dirty #308\n Call Trace:\n dump_stack+0x13/0x1b\n ubifs_ro_mode+0x54/0x60 [ubifs]\n ubifs_assert_failed+0x4b/0x80 [ubifs]\n ubifs_releasepage+0x67/0x1d0 [ubifs]\n try_to_release_page+0x57/0xe0\n invalidate_inode_page+0xfb/0x130\n __invalidate_mapping_pages+0xb9/0x280\n invalidate_mapping_pagevec+0x12/0x20\n generic_fadvise+0x303/0x3c0\n ksys_fadvise64_64+0x4c/0xb0\n\n[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215373\n[2] https://linux-mtd.infradead.narkive.com/NQoBeT1u/patch-rfc-ubifs-fix-assert-failed-in-ubifs-set-page-dirty" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/ubifs/file.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1e51764a3c2ac05a23a22b2a95ddee4d9bffb16d", "lessThan": "7750be5d3e18500b454714677463b500a0b8b0d8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1e51764a3c2ac05a23a22b2a95ddee4d9bffb16d", "lessThan": "bd188ff1c8a1935c93a1e3cacf3be62667fdf762", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1e51764a3c2ac05a23a22b2a95ddee4d9bffb16d", "lessThan": "66f4742e93523ab2f062d9d9828b3e590bc61536", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/ubifs/file.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.27", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.27", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.18", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.2.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.27", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.18" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.27", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.27", "versionEndExcluding": "6.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7750be5d3e18500b454714677463b500a0b8b0d8" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd188ff1c8a1935c93a1e3cacf3be62667fdf762" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f4742e93523ab2f062d9d9828b3e590bc61536" } ], "title": "ubifs: ubifs_releasepage: Remove ubifs_assert(0) to valid this process", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }