Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ubi: Fix use-after-free when volume resizing failed

There is an use-after-free problem reported by KASAN:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ubi_eba_copy_table+0x11f/0x1c0 [ubi]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888101eec008 by task ubirsvol/4735

CPU: 2 PID: 4735 Comm: ubirsvol
Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-00003-g84fa3304a7fc-dirty #14
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
print_report+0x171/0x472
kasan_report+0xad/0x130
ubi_eba_copy_table+0x11f/0x1c0 [ubi]
ubi_resize_volume+0x4f9/0xbc0 [ubi]
ubi_cdev_ioctl+0x701/0x1850 [ubi]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x11d/0x170
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
</TASK>

When ubi_change_vtbl_record() returns an error in ubi_resize_volume(),
"new_eba_tbl" will be freed on error handing path, but it is holded
by "vol->eba_tbl" in ubi_eba_replace_table(). It means that the liftcycle
of "vol->eba_tbl" and "vol" are different, so when resizing volume in
next time, it causing an use-after-free fault.

Fix it by not freeing "new_eba_tbl" after it replaced in
ubi_eba_replace_table(), while will be freed in next volume resizing.
Published: 2025-12-09
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: Fix use-after-free when volume resizing failed There is an use-after-free problem reported by KASAN: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ubi_eba_copy_table+0x11f/0x1c0 [ubi] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888101eec008 by task ubirsvol/4735 CPU: 2 PID: 4735 Comm: ubirsvol Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-00003-g84fa3304a7fc-dirty #14 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 print_report+0x171/0x472 kasan_report+0xad/0x130 ubi_eba_copy_table+0x11f/0x1c0 [ubi] ubi_resize_volume+0x4f9/0xbc0 [ubi] ubi_cdev_ioctl+0x701/0x1850 [ubi] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x11d/0x170 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 </TASK> When ubi_change_vtbl_record() returns an error in ubi_resize_volume(), "new_eba_tbl" will be freed on error handing path, but it is holded by "vol->eba_tbl" in ubi_eba_replace_table(). It means that the liftcycle of "vol->eba_tbl" and "vol" are different, so when resizing volume in next time, it causing an use-after-free fault. Fix it by not freeing "new_eba_tbl" after it replaced in ubi_eba_replace_table(), while will be freed in next volume resizing.
Title ubi: Fix use-after-free when volume resizing failed
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-09T00:00:56.507Z

Reserved: 2025-12-08T23:58:35.275Z

Link: CVE-2023-53800

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T01:16:51.727

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2023-53800

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53800 - Bugzilla

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