CVE-2023-53269

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: ublk: make sure that block size is set correctly block size is one very key setting for block layer, and bad block size could panic kernel easily. Make sure that block size is set correctly. Meantime if ublk_validate_params() fails, clear ub->params so that disk is prevented from being added.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dbe85ac618ef6ae60abe5dd17ae2b29065d9c1e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/231a49460ac0203270da2471928d392e5586370f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d1665279a845d16c93687389e364386e3fe0f38

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-16

Updated: 2025-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017