UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54125: Use After Free

Published Dec 24, 2025
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Return error for inconsistent extended attributes ntfsreadea is called when we want to read extended attributes. There are some sanity checks for the validity of the EAs. However, it fails to return a proper error code for the inconsistent attributes, which might lead to unpredicted memory accesses after return. [ 138.916927] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ntfssetea+0x453/0xbf0 [ 138.923876] Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800205cfac by task poc/199 [ 138.931132] [ 138.933016] CPU: 0 PID: 199 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1+ #4 [ 138.938070] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 138.947327] Call Trace: [ 138.949557] <TASK> [ 138.951539] dumpstacklvl+0x4d/0x67 [ 138.956834] printreport+0x16f/0x4a6 [ 138.960798] ? ntfssetea+0x453/0xbf0 [ 138.964437] ? kasancompletemodereportinfo+0x7d/0x200 [ 138.969793] ? ntfssetea+0x453/0xbf0 [ 138.973523] kasanreport+0xb8/0x140 [ 138.976740] ? ntfssetea+0x453/0xbf0 [ 138.980578] asanstore4+0x76/0xa0 [ 138.984669] ntfssetea+0x453/0xbf0 [ 138.988115] ? pfxntfssetea+0x10/0x10 [ 138.993390] ? kerneltextaddress+0xd3/0xe0 [ 138.998270] ? kerneltextaddress+0x16/0x50 [ 139.002121] ? unwindgetreturnaddress+0x3e/0x60 [ 139.005659] ? pfxstacktraceconsumeentry+0x10/0x10 [ 139.010177] ? archstackwalk+0xa2/0x100 [ 139.013657] ? filterirqstacks+0x27/0x80 [ 139.017018] ntfssetxattr+0x405/0x440 [ 139.022151] ? pfxntfssetxattr+0x10/0x10 [ 139.026569] ? kvmallocnode+0x2d/0x120 [ 139.030329] ? kasansavestack+0x41/0x60 [ 139.033883] ? kasansavestack+0x2a/0x60 [ 139.037338] ? kasansettrack+0x29/0x40 [ 139.040163] ? kasansaveallocinfo+0x1f/0x30 [ 139.043588] ? kasankmalloc+0x8b/0xa0 [ 139.047255] ? kmallocnode+0x68/0x150 [ 139.051264] ? kvmallocnode+0x2d/0x120 [ 139.055301] ? vmemdupuser+0x2b/0xa0 [ 139.058584] vfssetxattr+0x121/0x170 [ 139.062617] ? pfxvfssetxattr+0x10/0x10 [ 139.066282] vfssetxattrnoperm+0x97/0x300 [ 139.070061] vfssetxattrlocked+0x145/0x170 [ 139.073580] vfssetxattr+0x137/0x2a0 [ 139.076641] ? pfxvfssetxattr+0x10/0x10 [ 139.080223] ? kasancheckwrite+0x18/0x20 [ 139.084234] dosetxattr+0xce/0x150 [ 139.087768] setxattr+0x126/0x140 [ 139.091250] ? pfxsetxattr+0x10/0x10 [ 139.094948] ? virtaddrvalid+0xcb/0x140 [ 139.097838] ? callrcucommon.constprop.0+0x1c7/0x330 [ 139.102688] ? debugsmpprocessorid+0x1b/0x30 [ 139.105985] ? kasanquarantineput+0x5b/0x190 [ 139.109980] ? putname+0x84/0xa0 [ 139.113886] ? kasanslabfree+0x11e/0x1b0 [ 139.117961] ? putname+0x84/0xa0 [ 139.121316] ? preemptcountsub+0x1c/0xd0 [ 139.124427] ? mntwantwrite+0xae/0x100 [ 139.127836] ? mntwantwrite+0x8f/0x150 [ 139.130954] pathsetxattr+0x164/0x180 [ 139.133998] ? pfxpathsetxattr+0x10/0x10 [ 139.137853] ? pfxksyspwrite64+0x10/0x10 [ 139.141299] ? debugsmpprocessorid+0x1b/0x30 [ 139.145714] ? fpregsassertstateconsistent+0x6b/0x80 [ 139.150796] x64syssetxattr+0x71/0x90 [ 139.155407] dosyscall64+0x3f/0x90 [ 139.159035] entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x72/0xdc [ 139.163843] RIP: 0033:0x7f108cae4469 [ 139.166481] Code: 00 f3 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 088 [ 139.183764] RSP: 002b:00007fff87588388 EFLAGS: 00000286 ORIGRAX: 00000000000000bc [ 139.190657] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f108cae4469 [ 139.196586] RDX: 00007fff875883b0 RSI: 00007fff875883d1 RDI: 00007fff875883b6 [ 139.201716] RBP: 00007fff8758c530 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007fff8758c618 [ 139.207940] R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000286 R12: 00000000004004c0 [ 139.214007] R13: 00007fff8758c610 R14: 0000000000000000 R15 ---truncated---

Affected Software

126 affected componentsFixes available
ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-azure*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*
ubuntu/linux-gcp*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*
ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*
ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*
ubuntu/linux-hwe*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*
ubuntu/linux-oem*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.15<5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1
5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15<5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1
5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.15<5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1
5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15<5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1
5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-gke*
ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*
ubuntu/linux-gkeop*
ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1
5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.15<5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15<5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1
5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1
5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15<5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15<5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-raspi2*
ubuntu/linux-riscv*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.15<5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*
ubuntu/linux<5.15.0-198.208
5.15.0-198.208
ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-aws<5.15.0-1117.124
5.15.0-1117.124
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.15.0-1123.132
5.15.0-1123.132
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<5.15.0-1122.131
5.15.0-1122.131
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.15.0-1118.128
5.15.0-1118.128
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-gke<5.15.0-1113.119
5.15.0-1113.119
ubuntu/linux-gkeop<5.15.0-1100.108
5.15.0-1100.108
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.15.0-1111.115
5.15.0-1111.115
ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*
ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg<5.15.0-1112.118
5.15.0-1112.118
ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.15.0-1109.114
5.15.0-1109.114
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<5.15.0-195.205
5.15.0-195.205
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-nvidia<5.15.0-1112.113
5.15.0-1112.113
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<5.15.0-1070.72
5.15.0-1070.72
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-igx<5.15.0-1059.59
5.15.0-1059.59
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.15.0-1114.120
5.15.0-1114.120
ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-raspi*
ubuntu/linux-realtime*
ubuntu/linux-riscv*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.15.0-1080.84
5.15.0-1080.84
ubuntu/linux-bluefield<5.15.0-1101.103
5.15.0-1101.103
ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime<5.15.0-1109.111
5.15.0-1109.111
ubuntu/linux-realtime<5.15.0-1116.125
5.15.0-1116.125
ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*
ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.15.0-1117.124+fips1
5.15.0-1117.124+fips1
ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.15.0-1123.132+fips1
5.15.0-1123.132+fips1
ubuntu/linux-fips<5.15.0-198.208+fips1
5.15.0-198.208+fips1
ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.15.0-1118.128+fips1
5.15.0-1118.128+fips1
ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11*
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11*
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8*
ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*
ubuntu/linux-realtime*
ubuntu/linux-riscv*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.14*

Event History

Dec 24, 2025
CVE Published
via OSV·01:16 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·01:16 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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