{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53481 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53481 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 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-2023-53481 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53481 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 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-2023-53481 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-2023-53481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53481/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53481","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53481/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53481","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53481","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53481","GHSA-3pv3-rmr2-25g2","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53481"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel UBI","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A flaw in the Linux kernel UBI subsystem causes an infinite loop during wear-leveling failures, leading to a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-835","name":"Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubi: ubi_wl_put_peb: Fix infinite loop when wear-leveling work failed\n\nFollowing process will trigger an infinite loop in ubi_wl_put_peb():\n\n\tubifs_bgt\t\tubi_bgt\nubifs_leb_unmap\n  ubi_leb_unmap\n    ubi_eba_unmap_leb\n      ubi_wl_put_peb\twear_leveling_worker\n                          e1 = rb_entry(rb_first(\u0026ubi-\u003eused)\n\t\t\t  e2 = get_peb_for_wl(ubi)\n\t\t\t  ubi_io_read_vid_hdr  // return err (flash fault)\n\t\t\t  out_error:\n\t\t\t    ubi-\u003emove_from = ubi-\u003emove_to = NULL\n\t\t\t    wl_entry_destroy(ubi, e1)\n\t\t\t      ubi-\u003elookuptbl[e-\u003epnum] = NULL\n      retry:\n        e = ubi-\u003elookuptbl[pnum];\t// return NULL\n\tif (e == ubi-\u003emove_from) {\t// NULL == NULL gets true\n\t  goto retry;\t\t\t// infinite loop !!!\n\n$ top\n  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     COMMAND\n  7676 root     20   0       0      0      0 R 100.0  0.0  ubifs_bgt0_0\n\nFix it by:\n 1) Letting ubi_wl_put_peb() returns directly if wearl leveling entry has\n    been removed from 'ubi-\u003elookuptbl'.\n 2) Using 'ubi-\u003ewl_lock' protecting wl entry deletion to preventing an\n    use-after-free problem for wl entry in ubi_wl_put_peb().\n\nFetch a reproducer in [Link].","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":"ubi: ubi_wl_put_peb: Fix infinite loop when wear-leveling work failed","id":"CVE-2023-53481","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"iommu: Fix error unwind in iommu_group_alloc()","id":"CVE-2023-53482"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"kobject: Add sanity check for kset-\u003ekobj.ktype in kset_register()","id":"CVE-2023-53480"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-10-01","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":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A flaw in the Linux kernel UBI subsystem causes an infinite loop during wear-leveling failures, leading to a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53481/"}