{"cve":"CVE-2023-54046","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:06.253","modified":"2026-10-15T22:17:51.490","status":"Deferred","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.","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:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69c67d451fc19d88e54f7d97e8e7c093e08357e1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/796e02cca30a67322161f0745e5ce994bbe75605","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/840a1d3b77c1b062bd62b4733969a5b1efc274ce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a006aa3eedb8bfd6fe317c3cfe9c86ffe76b2385","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5a772adf45a32c68bef28e60621f12617161556"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54046","score":0.00196,"percentile":0.09252,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}