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    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2023-53584",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-10-04T15:40:38.477Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-10-04T15:43:59.835Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:47:53.655Z"
    },
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            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:47:53.655Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubifs: ubifs_releasepage: Remove ubifs_assert(0) to valid this process\n\nThere are two states for ubifs writing pages:\n1. Dirty, Private\n2. Not Dirty, Not Private\n\nThe normal process cannot go to ubifs_releasepage() which means there\nexists pages being private but not dirty. Reproducer[1] shows that it\ncould occur (which maybe related to [2]) with following process:\n\n     PA                     PB                    PC\nlock(page)[PA]\nubifs_write_end\n  attach_page_private         // set Private\n  __set_page_dirty_nobuffers  // set Dirty\nunlock(page)\n\nwrite_cache_pages[PA]\n  lock(page)\n  clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)\t// clear Dirty\n  ubifs_writepage\n\n                        do_truncation[PB]\n\t\t\t  truncate_setsize\n\t\t\t    i_size_write(inode, newsize) // newsize = 0\n\n    i_size = i_size_read(inode)\t// i_size = 0\n    end_index = i_size >> PAGE_SHIFT\n    if (page->index > end_index)\n      goto out // jump\nout:\nunlock(page)   // Private, Not Dirty\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tgeneric_fadvise[PC]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  lock(page)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  invalidate_inode_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    try_to_release_page\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      ubifs_releasepage\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        ubifs_assert(c, 0)\n\t\t                                        // bad assertion!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  unlock(page)\n\t\t\t  truncate_pagecache[PB]\n\nThen we may get following assertion failed:\n  UBIFS error (ubi0:0 pid 1683): ubifs_assert_failed [ubifs]:\n  UBIFS assert failed: 0, in fs/ubifs/file.c:1513\n  UBIFS warning (ubi0:0 pid 1683): ubifs_ro_mode [ubifs]:\n  switched to read-only mode, error -22\n  CPU: 2 PID: 1683 Comm: aa Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-00184-g0bca5994cacc-dirty #308\n  Call Trace:\n    dump_stack+0x13/0x1b\n    ubifs_ro_mode+0x54/0x60 [ubifs]\n    ubifs_assert_failed+0x4b/0x80 [ubifs]\n    ubifs_releasepage+0x67/0x1d0 [ubifs]\n    try_to_release_page+0x57/0xe0\n    invalidate_inode_page+0xfb/0x130\n    __invalidate_mapping_pages+0xb9/0x280\n    invalidate_mapping_pagevec+0x12/0x20\n    generic_fadvise+0x303/0x3c0\n    ksys_fadvise64_64+0x4c/0xb0\n\n[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215373\n[2] https://linux-mtd.infradead.narkive.com/NQoBeT1u/patch-rfc-ubifs-fix-assert-failed-in-ubifs-set-page-dirty"
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "fs/ubifs/file.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "1e51764a3c2ac05a23a22b2a95ddee4d9bffb16d",
                            "lessThan": "7750be5d3e18500b454714677463b500a0b8b0d8",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
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                            "version": "1e51764a3c2ac05a23a22b2a95ddee4d9bffb16d",
                            "lessThan": "bd188ff1c8a1935c93a1e3cacf3be62667fdf762",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
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                        {
                            "version": "1e51764a3c2ac05a23a22b2a95ddee4d9bffb16d",
                            "lessThan": "66f4742e93523ab2f062d9d9828b3e590bc61536",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
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                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "fs/ubifs/file.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "2.6.27",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "2.6.27",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.1.18",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
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                        {
                            "version": "6.2.5",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.3",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
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                                    "vulnerable": true,
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            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7750be5d3e18500b454714677463b500a0b8b0d8"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd188ff1c8a1935c93a1e3cacf3be62667fdf762"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f4742e93523ab2f062d9d9828b3e590bc61536"
                }
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