{"cve":"CVE-2023-54194","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-30T13:16:07.437","modified":"2026-10-28T19:10:00.193","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nexfat: use kvmalloc_array/kvfree instead of kmalloc_array/kfree\n\nThe call stack shown below is a scenario in the Linux 4.19 kernel.\nAllocating memory failed where exfat fs use kmalloc_array due to\nsystem memory fragmentation, while the u-disk was inserted without\nrecognition.\nDevices such as u-disk using the exfat file system are pluggable and\nmay be insert into the system at any time.\nHowever, long-term running systems cannot guarantee the continuity of\nphysical memory. Therefore, it's necessary to address this issue.\n\nBinder:2632_6: page allocation failure: order:4,\n mode:0x6040c0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_COMP), nodemask=(null)\nCall trace:\n[242178.097582]  dump_backtrace+0x0/0x4\n[242178.097589]  dump_stack+0xf4/0x134\n[242178.097598]  warn_alloc+0xd8/0x144\n[242178.097603]  __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x1364/0x1384\n[242178.097608]  kmalloc_order+0x2c/0x510\n[242178.097612]  kmalloc_order_trace+0x40/0x16c\n[242178.097618]  __kmalloc+0x360/0x408\n[242178.097624]  load_alloc_bitmap+0x160/0x284\n[242178.097628]  exfat_fill_super+0xa3c/0xe7c\n[242178.097635]  mount_bdev+0x2e8/0x3a0\n[242178.097638]  exfat_fs_mount+0x40/0x50\n[242178.097643]  mount_fs+0x138/0x2e8\n[242178.097649]  vfs_kern_mount+0x90/0x270\n[242178.097655]  do_mount+0x798/0x173c\n[242178.097659]  ksys_mount+0x114/0x1ac\n[242178.097665]  __arm64_sys_mount+0x24/0x34\n[242178.097671]  el0_svc_common+0xb8/0x1b8\n[242178.097676]  el0_svc_handler+0x74/0x90\n[242178.097681]  el0_svc+0x8/0x340\n\nBy analyzing the exfat code,we found that continuous physical memory\nis not required here,so kvmalloc_array is used can solve this problem.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c5c3e8a2550b6b2a304b45f260296db9c09df96","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1427a7e96fb90d0896f74f5bcd21feb03cc7c3d0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d16a84ea41272dfcb0c00f9798ddd0edd8098d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a34a242cf03211cc89f68308d149b793f63c479","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daf60d6cca26e50d65dac374db92e58de745ad26"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-28T19:37:43.506563291+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54194","score":0.00208,"percentile":0.10936,"date":"2026-10-28"},"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."]}