{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54046 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-54046 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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-2023-54046 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-54046 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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-2023-54046 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. 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-2023-54046/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54046/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-54046","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54046/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-54046","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-54046","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54046","GHSA-m7wm-fq3g-5gmr","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54046"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel crypto","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ESSIV crypto module allows attackers to cause denial of service or execute code via backlogged requests.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"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":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly\n\nAs it is essiv only handles the special return value of EINPROGERSS,\nwhich means that in all other cases it will free data related to the\nrequest.\n\nHowever, as the caller of essiv may specify MAY_BACKLOG, we also need\nto expect EBUSY and treat it in the same way.  Otherwise backlogged\nrequests will trigger a use-after-free.","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":"crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly","id":"CVE-2023-54046","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: cleanup drm encoder during unbind","id":"CVE-2023-54047"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"audit: fix possible soft lockup in __audit_inode_child()","id":"CVE-2023-54045"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-12-24","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"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 use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ESSIV crypto module allows attackers to cause denial of service or execute code via backlogged requests.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54046/"}