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CVE-2023-53494: crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-01 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

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

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.4 before 5.10.173; from 5.11 before 5.15.99; from 5.16 before 6.1.16; from 6.2 before 6.2.3 — fixed in 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51c082514c2dedf2711c99d93c196cc4eedceb40
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c3e1d63b63dc0841d41df729297cd7c1c35808
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/912eb10b65646ffd222256c78a1c566a3dac177d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92a07ba4f0af2cccdc2aa5ee32679c9c9714db90
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5870848879291700fe6c5257dcb48aadd10425c

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