VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-53494

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-10-01
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly As it is xts only handles the special return value of EINPROGRESS, which means that in all other cases it will free data related to the request. However, as the caller of xts may specify MAY_BACKLOG, we also need to expect EBUSY and treat it in the same way. Otherwise backlogged requests will trigger a use-after-free.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references