CVE-2023-54140 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-54140

nilfs2: fix WARNING in mark_buffer_dirty due to discarded buffer reuse

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix WARNING in mark_buffer_dirty due to discarded buffer reuse A syzbot stress test using a corrupted disk image reported that mark_buffer_dirty() called from __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty() or nilfs_palloc_commit_alloc_entry() may output a kernel warning, and can panic if the kernel is booted with panic_on_warn. This is because nilfs2 keeps buffer pointers in local structures for some metadata and reuses them, but such buffers may be forcibly discarded by nilfs_clear_dirty_page() in some critical situations. This issue is reported to appear after commit 28a65b49eb53 ("nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerating to read-only"), but the issue has potentially existed before. Fix this issue by checking the uptodate flag when attempting to reuse an internally held buffer, and reloading the metadata instead of reusing the buffer if the flag was lost.

Impact Analysis

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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:
8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c, 3.10, 0, 4.14.326, 4.19.295, 5.4.257, 5.10.195, 5.15.131, 6.1.52, 6.4.15, 6.5.2, 6.6

Timeline

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

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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