CVE-2023-54046 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-54046

crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly As it is essiv only handles the special return value of EINPROGERSS, which means that in all other cases it will free data related to the request. However, as the caller of essiv 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.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
be1eb7f78aa8fbe34779c56c266ccd0364604e71, 5.4, 0, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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