CVE-2023-53810
blk-mq: release crypto keyslot before reporting I/O complete
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Dec 9, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 8, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874bdf43b4a7dc5463c31508f62b3e42eb237b08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d206f79d9cd658665b37ce8134c6ec849ac7af0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d206ec7a04e8545828191b6ea8b49d3ea61391f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b278570e2c59d538216f8b656e97680188a8fba4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92d5d233b9ff531cf9cc36ab4251779e07adb633
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cd1e566676bbcb8a126acd921e4e194e6339603
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