CVE-2023-53810

blk-mq: release crypto keyslot before reporting I/O complete

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

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.

Affected

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

5.8 ≤ v < 5.10.1805.8 ≤ v < 5.15.1115.8 ≤ v < 6.1.285.8 ≤ v < 6.2.155.8 ≤ v < 6.3.25.8 ≤ v < 6.45.8a892c8d52c02284076fbbacae6692aa5c5807d11
Vendor states this is fixed in 7d206ec7a04e8545828191b6ea8b49d3ea61391f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 874bdf43b4a7dc5463c31508f62b3e42eb237b08 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 92d5d233b9ff531cf9cc36ab4251779e07adb633 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9cd1e566676bbcb8a126acd921e4e194e6339603 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b278570e2c59d538216f8b656e97680188a8fba4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d206f79d9cd658665b37ce8134c6ec849ac7af0c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.180 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.28 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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