FKIE_CVE-2023-53810
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-09 01:16 - Updated: 2025-12-09 18:37
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: release crypto keyslot before reporting I/O complete
Once all I/O using a blk_crypto_key has completed, filesystems can call
blk_crypto_evict_key(). However, the block layer currently doesn't call
blk_crypto_put_keyslot() until the request is being freed, which happens
after upper layers have been told (via bio_endio()) the I/O has
completed. This causes a race condition where blk_crypto_evict_key()
can see 'slot_refs != 0' without there being an actual bug.
This makes __blk_crypto_evict_key() hit the
'WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&slot->slot_refs) != 0)' and return without
doing anything, eventually causing a use-after-free in
blk_crypto_reprogram_all_keys(). (This is a very rare bug and has only
been seen when per-file keys are being used with fscrypt.)
There are two options to fix this: either release the keyslot before
bio_endio() is called on the request's last bio, or make
__blk_crypto_evict_key() ignore slot_refs. Let's go with the first
solution, since it preserves the ability to report bugs (via
WARN_ON_ONCE) where a key is evicted while still in-use.
References
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblk-mq: release crypto keyslot before reporting I/O complete\n\nOnce all I/O using a blk_crypto_key has completed, filesystems can call\nblk_crypto_evict_key(). However, the block layer currently doesn\u0027t call\nblk_crypto_put_keyslot() until the request is being freed, which happens\nafter upper layers have been told (via bio_endio()) the I/O has\ncompleted. This causes a race condition where blk_crypto_evict_key()\ncan see \u0027slot_refs != 0\u0027 without there being an actual bug.\n\nThis makes __blk_crypto_evict_key() hit the\n\u0027WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(\u0026slot-\u003eslot_refs) != 0)\u0027 and return without\ndoing anything, eventually causing a use-after-free in\nblk_crypto_reprogram_all_keys(). (This is a very rare bug and has only\nbeen seen when per-file keys are being used with fscrypt.)\n\nThere are two options to fix this: either release the keyslot before\nbio_endio() is called on the request\u0027s last bio, or make\n__blk_crypto_evict_key() ignore slot_refs. Let\u0027s go with the first\nsolution, since it preserves the ability to report bugs (via\nWARN_ON_ONCE) where a key is evicted while still in-use."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2023-53810",
"lastModified": "2025-12-09T18:37:13.640",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2025-12-09T01:16:53.073",
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"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}
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