CVE-2023-53695 | udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy When UDF filesystem is corrupted, hidden system inodes can be linked into directory hierarchy which is an avenue for further serious corruption of the filesystem and kernel confusion as noticed by syzbot fuzzed images. Refuse to access system inodes linked into directory hierarchy and vice versa.

Published: 2025-10-22 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-53695 is rated Low Risk (5.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53695

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-23 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53695

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-53695

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53695

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-53695 not yet assigned 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-2023-53695
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53695
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53695/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-53695 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 163, released 132, not-affected 79, needed 20, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53695

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53695

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2023-53695

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