CVE-2023-52566

MEDIUM
Published Mar 2, 2024 Modified Apr 8, 2025 CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix potential use after free in nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data() In nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(), brelse(bh) is called to drop the reference count of bh when the call to nilfs_dat_translate() fails. If the reference count hits 0 and its owner page gets unlocked, bh may be freed. However, bh->b_page is dereferenced to put the page after that, which may result in a use-after-free bug. This patch moves the release operation after unlocking and putting the page. NOTE: The function in question is only called in GC, and in combination with current userland tools, address translation using DAT does not occur in that function, so the code path that causes this issue will not be executed. However, it is possible to run that code path by intentionally modifying the userland GC library or by calling the GC ioctl directly. [[email protected]: NOTE added to the commit log]

Is your site exposed to CVE-2023-52566?

Run a free security scan — no signup, results in seconds.

CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Advisories & Patches

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193b5a1c6c67c36b430989dc063fe7ea4e200a33 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28df4646ad8b433340772edc90ca709cdefc53e2 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3936e8714907cd55e37c7cc50e50229e4a9042e8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7130a87ca32396eb9bf48b71a2d42259ae44c6c7 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee29facd8a9c5a26079148e36bcf07141b3a6bc https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/980663f1d189eedafd18d80053d9cf3e2ceb5c8c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb61224f6abc8e71bfdf06d7c984e23460875f5b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1084e63ee56958b0a56e17a50a4fd86445b9c1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193b5a1c6c67c36b430989dc063fe7ea4e200a33 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28df4646ad8b433340772edc90ca709cdefc53e2 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3936e8714907cd55e37c7cc50e50229e4a9042e8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7130a87ca32396eb9bf48b71a2d42259ae44c6c7 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee29facd8a9c5a26079148e36bcf07141b3a6bc https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/980663f1d189eedafd18d80053d9cf3e2ceb5c8c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb61224f6abc8e71bfdf06d7c984e23460875f5b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1084e63ee56958b0a56e17a50a4fd86445b9c1

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-52566? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix potential use after free in nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data() In nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(), brelse(bh) is called to drop the reference count of bh when the call to nilfs_dat_translate() fails. If the reference count hits 0 and its owner page gets unlocked, bh may be freed. However, bh->b_page is dereferenced to put the page after that, which may result in a use-after-free bug. This patch moves the release operation after unlocking and putting the page. NOTE: The function in question is only called in GC, and in combination with current userland tools, address translation using DAT does not occur in that function, so the code path that causes this issue will not be executed. However, it is possible to run that code path by intentionally modifying the userland GC library or by calling the GC ioctl directly. [[email protected]: NOTE added to the commit log] It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2023-52566? +
CVE-2023-52566 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
What products are affected by CVE-2023-52566? +
CVE-2023-52566 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2023-52566? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

Related Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-55406

Buffa is a pure-Rust Protocol Buffers implementation with first-class protobuf editions support. Prior to 0.7.0, a soundness bug in the …
CVE-2026-6040

A heap use-after-free existed when importing the blank-width characters of an ODF number format. A position value read from the …
CVE-2025-24898

rust-openssl is a set of OpenSSL bindings for the Rust programming language. In affected versions `ssl::select_next_proto` can return a slice …
CVE-2025-31115

XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. In XZ Utils 5.3.3alpha to 5.8.0, the multithreaded .xz decoder …
CVE-2025-31498

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. From 1.32.3 through 1.34.4, there is a use-after-free in read_answers() when process_answer() may re-enqueue …
CVE-2025-4516

There is an issue in CPython when using `bytes.decode("unicode_escape", error="ignore|replace")`. If you are not using the "unicode_escape" encoding or an …

Don't wait for an exploit

Scan your website for vulnerabilities like CVE-2023-52566 — free, no signup required.