{"cve":"CVE-2023-53035","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-02T16:15:22.627","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:10.157","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnilfs2: fix kernel-infoleak in nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy()\n\nThe ioctl helper function nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy(), which exchanges a\nmetadata array to/from user space, may copy uninitialized buffer regions\nto user space memory for read-only ioctl commands NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUINFO\nand NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPINFO.\n\nThis can occur when the element size of the user space metadata given by\nthe v_size member of the argument nilfs_argv structure is larger than the\nsize of the metadata element (nilfs_suinfo structure or nilfs_cpinfo\nstructure) on the file system side.\n\nKMSAN-enabled kernels detect this issue as follows:\n\n BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user\n include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33\n  instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline]\n  _copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33\n  copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:169 [inline]\n  nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x6fa/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:99\n  nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline]\n  nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290\n  nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343\n  __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline]\n  __se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910\n  __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910\n  do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]\n  __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178\n  do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203\n  do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246\n  entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82\n\n Uninit was created at:\n  __alloc_pages+0x9f6/0xe90 mm/page_alloc.c:5572\n  alloc_pages+0xab0/0xd80 mm/mempolicy.c:2287\n  __get_free_pages+0x34/0xc0 mm/page_alloc.c:5599\n  nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x223/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:74\n  nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline]\n  nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290\n  nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343\n  __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline]\n  __se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910\n  __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910\n  do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]\n  __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178\n  do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203\n  do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246\n  entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82\n\n Bytes 16-127 of 3968 are uninitialized\n ...\n\nThis eliminates the leak issue by initializing the page allocated as\nbuffer using get_zeroed_page().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/003587000276f81d0114b5ce773d80c119d8cb30","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb105cc72beb9d51bf12f5c657336d2d35bdc5d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f33b042f74fc9662eba17f4cd19b07d84bbc6c5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a6550b365c0ce2e65905de57dcbfe1f7d629726","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5cbf6a8c0e19b062b829c5b7aca01468bb57f6"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53035","score":0.00224,"percentile":0.13079,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}