{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53420 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53420 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53420 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53420 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53420 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53420/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53420/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53420","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53420/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53420","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53420","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53420","GHSA-mpvx-hgx6-jw78","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53420"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A slab-out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel NTFS driver allows attackers to cause a system panic via crafted extended attributes.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-125","name":"Out-of-bounds Read"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr()\n\nHere is a BUG report from syzbot:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:710\nRead of size 1 at addr ffff888021acaf3d by task syz-executor128/3632\n\nCall Trace:\n ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline]\n ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:710\n vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:457 [inline]\n listxattr+0x293/0x2d0 fs/xattr.c:804\n\nFix the logic of ea_all iteration. When the ea-\u003ename_len is 0,\nreturn immediately, or Add2Ptr() would visit invalid memory\nin the next loop.\n\n[almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: lines of the patch have changed]","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr()","id":"CVE-2023-53420","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"blk-cgroup: Reinit blkg_iostat_set after clearing in blkcg_reset_stats()","id":"CVE-2023-53421"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"rcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() -\u003eexp_tasks access","id":"CVE-2023-53419"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-09-18","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-05","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A slab-out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel NTFS driver allows attackers to cause a system panic via crafted extended attributes.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53420/"}