CVE-2023-53846

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-12-09. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:linux, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: fix to do sanity check on direct node in truncate_dnode()

syzbot reports below bug:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range+0x122a/0x14c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:574 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88802a25c000 by task syz-executor148/5000

CPU: 1 PID: 5000 Comm: syz-executor148 Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7-syzkaller-00041-ge660abd551f1 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/27/2023 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3c0 mm/kasan/report.c:351 print_report mm/kasan/report.c:462 [inline] kasan_report+0x11c/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:572 f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range+0x122a/0x14c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:574 truncate_dnode+0x229/0x2e0 fs/f2fs/node.c:944 f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks+0x64b/0xde0 fs/f2fs/node.c:1154 f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x4ac/0xf30 fs/f2fs/file.c:721 f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x7b/0x300 fs/f2fs/file.c:749 f2fs_truncate.part.0+0x4a5/0x630 fs/f2fs/file.c:799 f2fs_truncate include/linux/fs.h:825 [inline] f2fs_setattr+0x1738/0x2090 fs/f2fs/file.c:1006 notify_change+0xb2c/0x1180 fs/attr.c:483 do_truncate+0x143/0x200 fs/open.c:66 handle_truncate fs/namei.c:3295 [inline] do_open fs/namei.c:3640 [inline] path_openat+0x2083/0x2750 fs/namei.c:3791 do_filp_open+0x1ba/0x410 fs/namei.c:3818 do_sys_openat2+0x16d/0x4c0 fs/open.c:1356 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline] __do_sys_creat fs/open.c:1448 [inline] __se_sys_creat fs/open.c:1442 [inline] __x64_sys_creat+0xcd/0x120 fs/open.c:1442 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

The root cause is, inodeA references inodeB via inodeB's ino, once inodeA is truncated, it calls truncate_dnode() to truncate data blocks in inodeB's node page, it traverse mapping data from node->i.i_addr[0] to node->i.i_addr[ADDRS_PER_BLOCK() - 1], result in out-of-boundary access.

This patch fixes to add sanity check on dnode page in truncate_dnode(), so that, it can help to avoid triggering such issue, and once it encounters such issue, it will record newly introduced ERROR_INVALID_NODE_REFERENCE error into superblock, later fsck can detect such issue and try repairing.

Also, it removes f2fs_truncate_data_blocks() for cleanup due to the function has only one caller, and uses f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range() instead.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 9, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

f2fs: fix to do sanity check on direct node in truncate_dnode() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0f716ad3b039cab9d426da63a5ee6c88751185
generic

f2fs: fix to do sanity check on direct node in truncate_dnode() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6ec83786ab9f13f25fb18166dee908845713a95

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-53846(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.4.10—osv

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-53846?
CVE-2023-53846 is a high vulnerability published on December 9, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on direct node in truncate_dnode() syzbot reports below bug: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in f2fstruncatedatablocksrange+0x122a/0x14c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:574 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88802a25c000 by…
When was CVE-2023-53846 disclosed?
CVE-2023-53846 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 9, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-53846 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-53846 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-53846?
CVE-2023-53846 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 7.8 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-53846?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-53846, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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