CVE-2023-54140

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedDec 24, 2025
First seenDec 24, 2025

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux473795610594f261e98920f0945550314df36f07, d95e403588738c7ec38f52b9f490b15e7745d393, 99a73016a5e12a09586a96f998e91f9ea145cd00, f1d637b63d8a27ac3386f186a694907f2717fc13, b911bef132a06de01a745c6a24172d6db7216333, 4da07e958bfda2d69d83db105780e8916e3ac02e, 46c11be2dca295742a5508ea910a77f7733fb7f4, b308b3eabc429649b5501d36290cea403fbd746c, cdaac8e7e5a059f9b5e816cda257f08d0abffacd or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < 473795610594f261e98920f0945550314df36f07, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < d95e403588738c7ec38f52b9f490b15e7745d393, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < 99a73016a5e12a09586a96f998e91f9ea145cd00, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < f1d637b63d8a27ac3386f186a694907f2717fc13, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < b911bef132a06de01a745c6a24172d6db7216333, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < 4da07e958bfda2d69d83db105780e8916e3ac02e, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < 46c11be2dca295742a5508ea910a77f7733fb7f4, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < b308b3eabc429649b5501d36290cea403fbd746c, 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c ≤ v < cdaac8e7e5a059f9b5e816cda257f08d0abffacd, 3.10473795610594f261e98920f0945550314df36f07, d95e403588738c7ec38f52b9f490b15e7745d393, 99a73016a5e12a09586a96f998e91f9ea145cd00, f1d637b63d8a27ac3386f186a694907f2717fc13, b911bef132a06de01a745c6a24172d6db7216333, 4da07e958bfda2d69d83db105780e8916e3ac02e, 46c11be2dca295742a5508ea910a77f7733fb7f4, b308b3eabc429649b5501d36290cea403fbd746c, cdaac8e7e5a059f9b5e816cda257f08d0abffacd

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