{"cve":"CVE-2023-53988","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T11:15:51.697","modified":"2026-08-04T10:19:24.853","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hdr_delete_de()\n\nHere is a BUG report from syzbot:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hdr_delete_de+0xe0/0x150 fs/ntfs3/index.c:806\nRead of size 16842960 at addr ffff888079cc0600 by task syz-executor934/3631\n\nCall Trace:\n memmove+0x25/0x60 mm/kasan/shadow.c:54\n hdr_delete_de+0xe0/0x150 fs/ntfs3/index.c:806\n indx_delete_entry+0x74f/0x3670 fs/ntfs3/index.c:2193\n ni_remove_name+0x27a/0x980 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:2910\n ntfs_unlink_inode+0x3d4/0x720 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:1712\n ntfs_rename+0x41a/0xcb0 fs/ntfs3/namei.c:276\n\nBefore using the meta-data in struct INDEX_HDR, we need to\ncheck index header valid or not. Otherwise, the corruptedi\n(or malicious) fs image can cause out-of-bounds access which\ncould make kernel panic.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/114204d25e1dffdd3a0c1cfbba219afd344f4b4f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a034ece7e2877673d9085d6e7ed45e6ee40b761","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9163a5b4ed290da4a7d23fa92533e0e81fd0166e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab84eee4c7ab929996602eda7832854c35a6dda2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c58ea97aa94f033ee64a8cb6587d84a9849b6216"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53988","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.05877,"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."]}