CVE-2023-54140 | nilfs2: fix WARNING in mark_buffer_dirty due to discarded buffer reuse

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix WARNING in mark_buffer_dirty due to discarded buffer reuse A syzbot stress test using a corrupted disk image reported that mark_buffer_dirty() called from __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty() or nilfs_palloc_commit_alloc_entry() may output a kernel warning, and can panic if the kernel is booted with panic_on_warn. This is because nilfs2 keeps buffer pointers in local structures for some metadata and reuses them, but such buffers may be forcibly discarded by nilfs_clear_dirty_page() in some critical situations. This issue is reported to appear after commit 28a65b49eb53 ("nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerating to read-only"), but the issue has potentially existed before. Fix this issue by checking the uptodate flag when attempting to reuse an internally held buffer, and reloading the metadata instead of reusing the buffer if the flag was lost.

Published: 2025-12-24 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-54140 is rated Low Risk (9.5/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). 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-2023-54140

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.19% +0.13%
2 2026-06-03 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2026-05-22 0.04%

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OS Trackers for CVE-2023-54140

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-54140 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-2023-54140
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54140
suse low https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54140/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-54140 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 177, released 133, not-affected 65, needed 19, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54140

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-54140

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References for CVE-2023-54140

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