CVE-2023-53055 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-53055

fscrypt: destroy keyring after security_sb_delete()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: destroy keyring after security_sb_delete() fscrypt_destroy_keyring() must be called after all potentially-encrypted inodes were evicted; otherwise it cannot safely destroy the keyring. Since inodes that are in-use by the Landlock LSM don't get evicted until security_sb_delete(), this means that fscrypt_destroy_keyring() must be called *after* security_sb_delete(). This fixes a WARN_ON followed by a NULL dereference, only possible if Landlock was being used on encrypted files.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
e6f4fd85ef1ee6ab356bfbd64df28c1cb73aee7e, d7e7b9af104c7b389a0c21eb26532511bce4b510, 391cceee6d435e616f68631e68f5b32d480b1e67, 68d15d6558a386f46d815a6ac39edecad713a1bf, 5.15.78, 5.10.154, 6.0.8, 6.1, 0, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9, 6.3

Timeline

Official Publish: May 2nd, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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