CVE-2023-53511

io_uring: fix fget leak when fs don't support nowait buffered read

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix fget leak when fs don't support nowait buffered read Heming reported a BUG when using io_uring doing link-cp on ocfs2. [1] Do the following steps can reproduce this BUG: mount -t ocfs2 /dev/vdc /mnt/ocfs2 cp testfile /mnt/ocfs2/ ./link-cp /mnt/ocfs2/testfile /mnt/ocfs2/testfile.1 umount /mnt/ocfs2 Then umount will fail, and it outputs: umount: /mnt/ocfs2: target is busy. While tracing umount, it blames mnt_get_count() not return as expected. Do a deep investigation for fget()/fput() on related code flow, I've finally found that fget() leaks since ocfs2 doesn't support nowait buffered read. io_issue_sqe |-io_assign_file // do fget() first |-io_read |-io_iter_do_read |-ocfs2_file_read_iter // return -EOPNOTSUPP |-kiocb_done |-io_rw_done |-__io_complete_rw_common // set REQ_F_REISSUE |-io_resubmit_prep |-io_req_prep_async // override req->file, leak happens This was introduced by commit a196c78b5443 in v5.18. Fix it by don't re-assign req->file if it has already been assigned. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/ocfs2-devel/[email protected]/T/#t

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 5.17.95.17.9 ≤ v < 5.185.18 ≤ v < 6.1.165.18 ≤ v < 6.2.35.18 ≤ v < 6.35.18.1 ≤ v < 6.1.166.2 ≤ v < 6.2.35.17.95.185.18 rc65.18 rc7a196c78b5443fc61af2c0490213b9d125482cbd1cef27a7d36026bd3c86f4fdfb4611ebbe2814af4
Vendor states this is fixed in 10fb2e16ee6ffaf1716b9e90d007e6b300bfa457 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 54aa7f2330b82884f4a1afce0220add6e8312f8b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 75a499fc9d66a32271e2b3e4ca71156e8ad3b484 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-401

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