What is CVE-2023-53486?

CVE-2023-53486 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, classified as a Out-of-bounds Read flaw (CWE-125), affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and patched in 5.15.113, 6.1.80, 6.3.4 and others. CVE-2023-53486 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53486?

CVE-2023-53486 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53486?

Yes, CVE-2023-53486 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.113, 6.1.80, 6.3.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-53486 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-53486 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CVE-2023-53486

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Enhance the attribute size check This combines the overflow and boundary check so that all attribute size will be properly examined while enumerating them. [ 169.181521] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.183161] Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880094b6240 by task mount/247 [ 169.184046] [ 169.184925] CPU: 0 PID: 247 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7+ #3 [ 169.185908] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 169.187066] Call Trace: [ 169.187492] <TASK> [ 169.188049] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63 [ 169.188495] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x689 [ 169.188964] ? run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.189331] kasan_report+0xa7/0x130 [ 169.189714] ? run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.190079] __asan_load1+0x51/0x60 [ 169.190634] run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.191290] ? run_pack+0x840/0x840 [ 169.191569] ? run_lookup_entry+0xb3/0x1f0 [ 169.192443] ? mi_enum_attr+0x20a/0x230 [ 169.192886] run_unpack_ex+0xad/0x3e0 [ 169.193276] ? run_unpack+0x570/0x570 [ 169.193557] ? ni_load_mi+0x80/0x80 [ 169.193889] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 169.194236] ? mi_init+0x4a/0x70 [ 169.194496] attr_load_runs_vcn+0x166/0x1c0 [ 169.194851] ? attr_data_write_resident+0x250/0x250 [ 169.195188] mi_read+0x133/0x2c0 [ 169.195481] ntfs_iget5+0x277/0x1780 [ 169.196017] ? call_rcu+0x1c7/0x330 [ 169.196392] ? ntfs_get_block_bmap+0x70/0x70 [ 169.196708] ? evict+0x223/0x280 [ 169.197014] ? __kmalloc+0x33/0x540 [ 169.197305] ? wnd_init+0x15b/0x1b0 [ 169.197599] ntfs_fill_super+0x1026/0x1ba0 [ 169.197994] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ 169.198299] ? vsprintf+0x20/0x20 [ 169.198583] ? mutex_unlock+0x81/0xd0 [ 169.198930] ? set_blocksize+0x95/0x150 [ 169.199269] get_tree_bdev+0x232/0x370 [ 169.199750] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ 169.200094] ntfs_fs_get_tree+0x15/0x20 [ 169.200431] vfs_get_tree+0x4c/0x130 [ 169.200714] path_mount+0x654/0xfe0 [ 169.201067] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 169.201358] ? finish_automount+0x2e0/0x2e0 [ 169.201965] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 169.202445] ? kmem_cache_free+0x1c4/0x440 [ 169.203075] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 169.203414] do_mount+0xd6/0xf0 [ 169.203719] ? path_mount+0xfe0/0xfe0 [ 169.203977] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 169.204382] __x64_sys_mount+0xca/0x110 [ 169.204711] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 169.205059] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 169.205571] RIP: 0033:0x7f67a80e948a [ 169.206327] Code: 48 8b 0d 11 fa 2a 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 008 [ 169.208296] RSP: 002b:00007ffddf020f58 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5 [ 169.209253] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055e2547a6060 RCX: 00007f67a80e948a [ 169.209777] RDX: 000055e2547a6260 RSI: 000055e2547a62e0 RDI: 000055e2547aeaf0 [ 169.210342] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000055e2547a6280 R09: 0000000000000020 [ 169.210843] R10: 00000000c0ed0000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000055e2547aeaf0 [ 169.211307] R13: 000055e2547a6260 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffff [ 169.211913] </TASK> [ 169.212304] [ 169.212680] Allocated by task 0: [ 169.212963] (stack is not available) [ 169.213200] [ 169.213472] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880094b5e00 [ 169.213472] which belongs to the cache UDP of size 1152 [ 169.214095] The buggy address is located 1088 bytes inside of [ 169.214095] 1152-byte region [ffff8880094b5e00, ffff8880094b6280) [ 169.214639] [ 169.215004] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 169.215766] page:000000002e324c8c refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x94b4 [ 169.218412] head:000000002e324c8c order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 [ 169.219078] flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) [ 169.220272] raw: 000fffffc0010200 ---truncated---

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-01

Last modified 2026-01-20

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.1

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-125

CVE-2023-53486 is a Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability

What is Out-of-bounds Read?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.113, 6.1.80, 6.3.4, 6.4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.15

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.113 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.80 6.1.x ✓ 6.3.4 6.3.x ✓ 6.4

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-53486 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd5b80c9339503f3eaa4db3051b37ac506beeab
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/277439e7cabd9d4c6334b39a4b99d49b4c97265b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f082a7531223a438c757bb20e304f4c941c67a8
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-53486

Severity High

CVSS score 7.1 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-01

Modified 2026-01-20

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53486?

CVE-2023-53486 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10 , classified as an Out-of-bounds Read flaw (CWE-125) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and has been patched in 5.15.113, 6.1.80, 6.3.4 and others. CVE-2023-53486 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53486?

CVE-2023-53486 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53486?

Yes — CVE-2023-53486 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.113, 6.1.80, 6.3.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-53486 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-53486 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. View CWE-125 on MITRE CWE →