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CVE-2023-53337

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53337 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's nilfs2 filesystem that allows for data corruption. Specifically, it involves the system attempting to write dirty data after the filesystem has degenerated to a read-only state due to metadata corruption, leading to warnings and potential data integrity issues. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), this flaw requires local access and can lead to high availability impact, though it does not directly compromise confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.14.315CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.283CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.243CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.180CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.111CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53337

kernel: nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerating to read-only

Sep 17, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/13f73ef77baa4764dc1ca4fcbae9cade05b83866
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/28a65b49eb53e172d23567005465019658bfdb4d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4005cec6847c06ee191583270b7cdd7e696543cc
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4569a292a84e340e97d178898ad1cfe1a3080a61
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/55f7810632f993cff622a0ddbc7c865892294b61
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7c3e662048053802f6b0db3a78e97f4e1f7edc4f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a73201c607d8e506358d60aafddda4246bdd9350
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bd89073fc7a5d03b1d06b372addbe405e5a925f4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e9c5412c5972124776c1b873533eb39e287a4dfa
Patch