CVE-2023-53584

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Dirty, Private\n2. Not Dirty, Not Private\n\nThe normal process cannot go to ubifs_releasepage() which means there\nexists pages being private but not dirty. Reproducer[1] shows that it\ncould occur (which maybe related to [2]) with following process:\n\n PA PB PC\nlock(page)[PA]\nubifs_write_end\n attach_page_private // set Private\n __set_page_dirty_nobuffers // set Dirty\nunlock(page)\n\nwrite_cache_pages[PA]\n lock(page)\n clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)\t// clear Dirty\n ubifs_writepage\n\n do_truncation[PB]\n\t\t\t truncate_setsize\n\t\t\t i_size_write(inode, newsize) // newsize = 0\n\n i_size = i_size_read(inode)\t// i_size = 0\n end_index = i_size >> PAGE_SHIFT\n if (page->index > end_index)\n goto out // jump\nout:\nunlock(page) // Private, Not Dirty\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tgeneric_fadvise[PC]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t lock(page)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t invalidate_inode_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t try_to_release_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t ubifs_releasepage\n\t\t\t\t\t\t ubifs_assert(c, 0)\n\t\t // bad assertion!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t unlock(page)\n\t\t\t truncate_pagecache[PB]\n\nThen we may get following assertion failed:\n UBIFS error (ubi0:0 pid 1683): ubifs_assert_failed [ubifs]:\n UBIFS assert failed: 0, in fs/ubifs/file.c:1513\n UBIFS warning (ubi0:0 pid 1683): ubifs_ro_mode [ubifs]:\n switched to read-only mode, error -22\n CPU: 2 PID: 1683 Comm: aa Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-00184-g0bca5994cacc-dirty #308\n Call Trace:\n dump_stack+0x13/0x1b\n ubifs_ro_mode+0x54/0x60 [ubifs]\n ubifs_assert_failed+0x4b/0x80 [ubifs]\n ubifs_releasepage+0x67/0x1d0 [ubifs]\n try_to_release_page+0x57/0xe0\n invalidate_inode_page+0xfb/0x130\n __invalidate_mapping_pages+0xb9/0x280\n invalidate_mapping_pagevec+0x12/0x20\n generic_fadvise+0x303/0x3c0\n ksys_fadvise64_64+0x4c/0xb0\n\n[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215373\n[2] https://linux-mtd.infradead.narkive.com/NQoBeT1u/patch-rfc-ubifs-fix-assert-failed-in-ubifs-set-page-dirty"}], "id": "CVE-2023-53584", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:45:39.397", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-10-04T16:15:54.217", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f4742e93523ab2f062d9d9828b3e590bc61536"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7750be5d3e18500b454714677463b500a0b8b0d8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd188ff1c8a1935c93a1e3cacf3be62667fdf762"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-617"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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{"created": "2025-10-06T14:41:32.772144+00:00", "updated": "2025-10-06T14:41:32.772198+00:00", "vendors": ["linux", "linux$PRODUCT$linux_kernel"]}