CVE-2023-53593

cifs: Release folio lock on fscache read hit.

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2025 at 03:44 PM 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: cifs: Release folio lock on fscache read hit. Under the current code, when cifs_readpage_worker is called, the call contract is that the callee should unlock the page. This is documented in the read_folio section of Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst as: > The filesystem should unlock the folio once the read has completed, > whether it was successful or not. Without this change, when fscache is in use and cache hit occurs during a read, the page lock is leaked, producing the following stack on subsequent reads (via mmap) to the page: $ cat /proc/3890/task/12864/stack [<0>] folio_wait_bit_common+0x124/0x350 [<0>] filemap_read_folio+0xad/0xf0 [<0>] filemap_fault+0x8b1/0xab0 [<0>] __do_fault+0x39/0x150 [<0>] do_fault+0x25c/0x3e0 [<0>] __handle_mm_fault+0x6ca/0xc70 [<0>] handle_mm_fault+0xe9/0x350 [<0>] do_user_addr_fault+0x225/0x6c0 [<0>] exc_page_fault+0x84/0x1b0 [<0>] asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 This requires a reboot to resolve; it is a deadlock. Note however that the call to cifs_readpage_from_fscache does mark the page clean, but does not free the folio lock. This happens in __cifs_readpage_from_fscache on success. Releasing the lock at that point however is not appropriate as cifs_readahead also calls cifs_readpage_from_fscache and *does* unconditionally release the lock after its return. This change therefore effectively makes cifs_readpage_worker work like cifs_readahead.

Affected

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

5.17 ≤ v < 6.1.475.17 ≤ v < 6.4.125.17 ≤ v < 6.55.17.1 ≤ v < 6.1.476.2 ≤ v < 6.4.12174ee9947bd0f24fee2794b35258960d108b7aa5.175.17 rc35.17 rc45.17 rc55.17 rc65.17 rc75.17 rc86.5 rc16.5 rc26.5 rc36.5 rc46.5 rc56.5 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 69513dd669e243928f7450893190915a88f84a2b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7a9fb689c1a1dc373887621a3bfa3810df0abde4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9e725386d4262ef23ae51993f04602bc535b5be2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.47 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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