CVE-2023-53055

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 2, 2025
First seenMay 2, 2025

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.10.154 ≤ v < 5.11, 5.15.78 ≤ v < 5.15.105, 6.0.8 ≤ v < 6.1.22, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.9, 6.35.11, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9

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