CVE-2023-54317 | dm flakey: don't corrupt the zero page

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm flakey: don't corrupt the zero page When we need to zero some range on a block device, the function __blkdev_issue_zero_pages submits a write bio with the bio vector pointing to the zero page. If we use dm-flakey with corrupt bio writes option, it will corrupt the content of the zero page which results in crashes of various userspace programs. Glibc assumes that memory returned by mmap is zeroed and it uses it for calloc implementation; if the newly mapped memory is not zeroed, calloc will return non-zeroed memory. Fix this bug by testing if the page is equal to ZERO_PAGE(0) and avoiding the corruption in this case.

Published: 2025-12-30 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-54317 is rated Low Risk (8.7/100): 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-2023-54317

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.19% +0.16%
2 2025-12-31 0.02%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-54317

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OS Trackers for CVE-2023-54317

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-54317 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-2023-54317
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54317
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54317/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-54317 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 174, released 130, not-affected 75, needed 15, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54317

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-54317

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References for CVE-2023-54317

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