CVE-2023-53339

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5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

I

n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix BUG_ON condition in btrfs_cancel_balance Pausing and canceling balance can race to interrupt balance lead to BUG_ON panic in btrfs_cancel_balance. The BUG_ON condition in btrfs_cancel_balance does not take this race scenario into account. However, the race condition has no other side effects. We can fix that. Reproducing it with panic trace like this: kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/volumes.c:4618! RIP: 0010:btrfs_cancel_balance+0x5cf/0x6a0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? do_nanosleep+0x60/0x120 ? hrtimer_nanosleep+0xb7/0x1a0 ? sched_core_clone_cookie+0x70/0x70 btrfs_ioctl_balance_ctl+0x55/0x70 btrfs_ioctl+0xa46/0xd20 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7d/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Race scenario as follows: > mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex); > -------------------- > .......issue pause and cancel req in another thread > -------------------- > ret = __btrfs_balance(fs_info); > > mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex); > if (ret == -ECANCELED && atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req)) { > btrfs_info(fs_info, "balance: paused"); > btrfs_exclop_balance(fs_info, BTRFS_EXCLOP_BALANCE_PAUSED); > }

References
Link Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29eefa6d0d07e185f7bfe9576f91e6dba98189c2 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae81329f7de3aa6f34ecdfa5412e72161a30e9ce Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb9ba8e30833a4823e2dc73f80ebcdf2498d01a Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

05 Jan 2026, 11:16

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References
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  • {'url': 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd7bef82ce0e929ef4cf63a34990545aaca28077', 'tags': ['Patch'], 'source': '416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67'}

11 Dec 2025, 15:45

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29eefa6d0d07e185f7bfe9576f91e6dba98189c2 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29eefa6d0d07e185f7bfe9576f91e6dba98189c2 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c93b89cd46636b5e74c12fa21dd86167bc6ea8d - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c93b89cd46636b5e74c12fa21dd86167bc6ea8d - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0a462a0f20926918d6009f0b4b25673e883fc98 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0a462a0f20926918d6009f0b4b25673e883fc98 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae81329f7de3aa6f34ecdfa5412e72161a30e9ce - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae81329f7de3aa6f34ecdfa5412e72161a30e9ce - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b966e9e1e250dfdb41a7f41775faea4a37af923c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b966e9e1e250dfdb41a7f41775faea4a37af923c - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd7bef82ce0e929ef4cf63a34990545aaca28077 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd7bef82ce0e929ef4cf63a34990545aaca28077 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb9ba8e30833a4823e2dc73f80ebcdf2498d01a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb9ba8e30833a4823e2dc73f80ebcdf2498d01a - Patch
CWE CWE-617
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux

18 Sep 2025, 13:43

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2025-09-17 15:15

Updated : 2026-01-05 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-53339

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53339

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53339

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Products Affected

linux

CWE
CWE-617

Reachable Assertion