CVE-2023-53262 [High] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix scheduling while atomic in decompression path [ 16.945668][ C0] Call trace: [ 16.945678][ C0] dump_backtrace+0x110/0x204 [ 16.945706][ C0] dump_stack_lvl+0x84/0xbc [ 16.945735][ C0] __schedule_bug+0xb8/0x1ac [ 16.945756][ C0] __schedule+0x724/0xbdc [ 16.945778][ C0] schedule+0x154/0x258 [ 16.945793][ C0] bit_wait_io+0x48/0xa4 [ 16.945808][ C0] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x114/0x198 [ 16.945824][ C0] __sync_dirty_buffer+0x1f8/0x2e8 [ 16.945853][ C0] __f2fs_commit_super+0x140/0x1f4 [ 16.945881][ C0] f2fs_commit_super+0x110/0x28c [ 16.945898][ C0] f2fs_handle_error+0x1f4/0x2f4 [ 16.945917][ C0] f2fs_decompress_cluster+0xc4/0x450 [ 16.945942][ C0] f2fs_end_read_compressed_page+0xc0/0xfc [ 16.945959][ C0] f2fs_handle_step_decompress+0x118/0x1cc [ 16.945978][ C0] f2fs_read_end_io+0x168/0x2b0 [ 16.945993][ C0] bio_endio+0x25c/0x2c8 [ 16.946015][ C0] dm_io_dec_pending+0x3e8/0x57c [ 16.946052][ C0] clone_endio+0x134/0x254 [ 16.946069][ C0] bio_endio+0x25c/0x2c8 [ 16.946084][ C0] blk_update_request+0x1d4/0x478 [ 16.946103][ C0] scsi_end_request+0x38/0x4cc [ 16.946129][ C0] scsi_io_completion+0x94/0x184 [ 16.946147][ C0] scsi_finish_command+0xe8/0x154 [ 16.946164][ C0] scsi_complete+0x90/0x1d8 [ 16.946181][ C0] blk_done_softirq+0xa4/0x11c [ 16.946198][ C0] _stext+0x184/0x614 [ 16.946214][ C0] __irq_exit_rcu+0x78/0x144 [ 16.946234][ C0] handle_domain_irq+0xd4/0x154 [ 16.946260][ C0] gic_handle_irq.33881+0x5c/0x27c [ 16.946281][ C0] call_on_irq_stack+0x40/0x70 [ 16.946298][ C0] do_interrupt_handler+0x48/0xa4 [ 16.946313][ C0] el1_interrupt+0x38/0x68 [ 16.946346][ C0] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x20/0x30 [ 16.946362][ C0] el1h_64_irq+0x78/0x7c [ 16.946377][ C0] finish_task_switch+0xc8/0x3d8 [ 16.946394][ C0] __schedule+0x600/0xbdc [ 16.946408][ C0] preempt_schedule_common+0x34/0x5c [ 16.946423][ C0] preempt_schedule+0x44/0x48 [ 16.946438][ C0] process_one_work+0x30c/0x550 [ 16.946456][ C0] worker_thread+0x414/0x8bc [ 16.946472][ C0] kthread+0x16c/0x1e0 [ 16.946486][ C0] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-09-16	—	0.02%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-09-16

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0.02%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	5.9	[email protected]
7.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	5.9	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

5.9

[email protected]

7.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

5.9

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53262

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2023-53262 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53262
`redhat`	—	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53262
`suse`	medium	CVE-2023-53262 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 276 product×package rows across 54 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, … (54 product lines)): Known Not Affected 276.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53262/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2023-53262 medium priority: Ubuntu including 150 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1350 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 969, ignored 159, not-affected 142, released 80.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53262

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53262

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.0, < 6.1.28	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.2, < 6.2.15	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.3, < 6.3.2	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2023-53262

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa161e43106d46ca8e9a86f4aa28d420258134b	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f74c8b8419a289b85aa9c85e5f4d8c2cc9f5fb	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/977df5c13a4b253a718ec44a4eb957c612bf73f4	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2746c56dd2cc47f70cc3931977be556172c246d	Patch

URL

CVE-2023-53262 | f2fs: fix scheduling while atomic in decompression path

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53262

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53262

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-53262

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53262

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53262

References for CVE-2023-53262