{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-54125", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-24T13:02:52.521Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-24T13:06:43.977Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:32:56.361Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:32:56.361Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Return error for inconsistent extended attributes\n\nntfs_read_ea is called when we want to read extended attributes. There\nare some sanity checks for the validity of the EAs. However, it fails to\nreturn a proper error code for the inconsistent attributes, which might\nlead to unpredicted memory accesses after return.\n\n[ 138.916927] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.923876] Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800205cfac by task poc/199\n[ 138.931132]\n[ 138.933016] CPU: 0 PID: 199 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1+ #4\n[ 138.938070] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n[ 138.947327] Call Trace:\n[ 138.949557] <TASK>\n[ 138.951539] dump_stack_lvl+0x4d/0x67\n[ 138.956834] print_report+0x16f/0x4a6\n[ 138.960798] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.964437] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x7d/0x200\n[ 138.969793] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.973523] kasan_report+0xb8/0x140\n[ 138.976740] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.980578] __asan_store4+0x76/0xa0\n[ 138.984669] ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.988115] ? __pfx_ntfs_set_ea+0x10/0x10\n[ 138.993390] ? kernel_text_address+0xd3/0xe0\n[ 138.998270] ? __kernel_text_address+0x16/0x50\n[ 139.002121] ? unwind_get_return_address+0x3e/0x60\n[ 139.005659] ? __pfx_stack_trace_consume_entry+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.010177] ? arch_stack_walk+0xa2/0x100\n[ 139.013657] ? filter_irq_stacks+0x27/0x80\n[ 139.017018] ntfs_setxattr+0x405/0x440\n[ 139.022151] ? __pfx_ntfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.026569] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120\n[ 139.030329] ? kasan_save_stack+0x41/0x60\n[ 139.033883] ? kasan_save_stack+0x2a/0x60\n[ 139.037338] ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40\n[ 139.040163] ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30\n[ 139.043588] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0xa0\n[ 139.047255] ? __kmalloc_node+0x68/0x150\n[ 139.051264] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120\n[ 139.055301] ? vmemdup_user+0x2b/0xa0\n[ 139.058584] __vfs_setxattr+0x121/0x170\n[ 139.062617] ? __pfx___vfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.066282] __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x97/0x300\n[ 139.070061] __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x145/0x170\n[ 139.073580] vfs_setxattr+0x137/0x2a0\n[ 139.076641] ? __pfx_vfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.080223] ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20\n[ 139.084234] do_setxattr+0xce/0x150\n[ 139.087768] setxattr+0x126/0x140\n[ 139.091250] ? __pfx_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.094948] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xcb/0x140\n[ 139.097838] ? __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x1c7/0x330\n[ 139.102688] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30\n[ 139.105985] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0x5b/0x190\n[ 139.109980] ? putname+0x84/0xa0\n[ 139.113886] ? __kasan_slab_free+0x11e/0x1b0\n[ 139.117961] ? putname+0x84/0xa0\n[ 139.121316] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n[ 139.124427] ? __mnt_want_write+0xae/0x100\n[ 139.127836] ? mnt_want_write+0x8f/0x150\n[ 139.130954] path_setxattr+0x164/0x180\n[ 139.133998] ? __pfx_path_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.137853] ? __pfx_ksys_pwrite64+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.141299] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30\n[ 139.145714] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x6b/0x80\n[ 139.150796] __x64_sys_setxattr+0x71/0x90\n[ 139.155407] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n[ 139.159035] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n[ 139.163843] RIP: 0033:0x7f108cae4469\n[ 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\n[ 139.183764] RSP: 002b:00007fff87588388 EFLAGS: 00000286 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc\n[ 139.190657] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f108cae4469\n[ 139.196586] RDX: 00007fff875883b0 RSI: 00007fff875883d1 RDI: 00007fff875883b6\n[ 139.201716] RBP: 00007fff8758c530 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007fff8758c618\n[ 139.207940] R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000286 R12: 00000000004004c0\n[ 139.214007] R13: 00007fff8758c610 R14: 0000000000000000 R15\n---truncated---"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ntfs3/xattr.c"], "versions": [{"version": "0e8235d28f3a0e9eda9f02ff67ee566d5f42b66b", "lessThan": "1474098b590a426d90f27bb992f17c326e0b60c1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0e8235d28f3a0e9eda9f02ff67ee566d5f42b66b", "lessThan": "c9db0ff04649aa0b45f497183c957fe260f229f6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "333feb7ba84f69f9b423422417aaac54fd9e7c84", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "000a9a72efa4a9df289bab9c9e8ba1639c72e0d6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5.15.121", "lessThan": "5.16", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.40", "lessThan": "6.2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ntfs3/xattr.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.2", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.4.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4.12"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15.121"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.1.40"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1474098b590a426d90f27bb992f17c326e0b60c1"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9db0ff04649aa0b45f497183c957fe260f229f6"}], "title": "fs/ntfs3: Return error for inconsistent extended attributes", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Return error for inconsistent extended attributes\n\nntfs_read_ea is called when we want to read extended attributes. There\nare some sanity checks for the validity of the EAs. However, it fails to\nreturn a proper error code for the inconsistent attributes, which might\nlead to unpredicted memory accesses after return.\n\n[ 138.916927] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.923876] Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800205cfac by task poc/199\n[ 138.931132]\n[ 138.933016] CPU: 0 PID: 199 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1+ #4\n[ 138.938070] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n[ 138.947327] Call Trace:\n[ 138.949557] <TASK>\n[ 138.951539] dump_stack_lvl+0x4d/0x67\n[ 138.956834] print_report+0x16f/0x4a6\n[ 138.960798] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.964437] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x7d/0x200\n[ 138.969793] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.973523] kasan_report+0xb8/0x140\n[ 138.976740] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.980578] __asan_store4+0x76/0xa0\n[ 138.984669] ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0\n[ 138.988115] ? __pfx_ntfs_set_ea+0x10/0x10\n[ 138.993390] ? kernel_text_address+0xd3/0xe0\n[ 138.998270] ? __kernel_text_address+0x16/0x50\n[ 139.002121] ? unwind_get_return_address+0x3e/0x60\n[ 139.005659] ? __pfx_stack_trace_consume_entry+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.010177] ? arch_stack_walk+0xa2/0x100\n[ 139.013657] ? filter_irq_stacks+0x27/0x80\n[ 139.017018] ntfs_setxattr+0x405/0x440\n[ 139.022151] ? __pfx_ntfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.026569] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120\n[ 139.030329] ? kasan_save_stack+0x41/0x60\n[ 139.033883] ? kasan_save_stack+0x2a/0x60\n[ 139.037338] ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40\n[ 139.040163] ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30\n[ 139.043588] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0xa0\n[ 139.047255] ? __kmalloc_node+0x68/0x150\n[ 139.051264] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120\n[ 139.055301] ? vmemdup_user+0x2b/0xa0\n[ 139.058584] __vfs_setxattr+0x121/0x170\n[ 139.062617] ? __pfx___vfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.066282] __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x97/0x300\n[ 139.070061] __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x145/0x170\n[ 139.073580] vfs_setxattr+0x137/0x2a0\n[ 139.076641] ? __pfx_vfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.080223] ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20\n[ 139.084234] do_setxattr+0xce/0x150\n[ 139.087768] setxattr+0x126/0x140\n[ 139.091250] ? __pfx_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.094948] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xcb/0x140\n[ 139.097838] ? __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x1c7/0x330\n[ 139.102688] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30\n[ 139.105985] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0x5b/0x190\n[ 139.109980] ? putname+0x84/0xa0\n[ 139.113886] ? __kasan_slab_free+0x11e/0x1b0\n[ 139.117961] ? putname+0x84/0xa0\n[ 139.121316] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n[ 139.124427] ? __mnt_want_write+0xae/0x100\n[ 139.127836] ? mnt_want_write+0x8f/0x150\n[ 139.130954] path_setxattr+0x164/0x180\n[ 139.133998] ? __pfx_path_setxattr+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.137853] ? __pfx_ksys_pwrite64+0x10/0x10\n[ 139.141299] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30\n[ 139.145714] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x6b/0x80\n[ 139.150796] __x64_sys_setxattr+0x71/0x90\n[ 139.155407] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n[ 139.159035] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n[ 139.163843] RIP: 0033:0x7f108cae4469\n[ 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\n[ 139.183764] RSP: 002b:00007fff87588388 EFLAGS: 00000286 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc\n[ 139.190657] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f108cae4469\n[ 139.196586] RDX: 00007fff875883b0 RSI: 00007fff875883d1 RDI: 00007fff875883b6\n[ 139.201716] RBP: 00007fff8758c530 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007fff8758c618\n[ 139.207940] R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000286 R12: 00000000004004c0\n[ 139.214007] R13: 00007fff8758c610 R14: 0000000000000000 R15\n---truncated---"}], "id": "CVE-2023-54125", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-24T13:16:14.473", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1474098b590a426d90f27bb992f17c326e0b60c1"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9db0ff04649aa0b45f497183c957fe260f229f6"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

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