Bug 2355524 (CVE-2023-53027) - CVE-2023-53027 kernel: erofs: fix kvcalloc() misuse with __GFP_NOFAIL
Summary: CVE-2023-53027 kernel: erofs: fix kvcalloc() misuse with __GFP_NOFAIL
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53027
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-03-27 17:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-15 08:10 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-27 17:05:29 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

erofs: fix kvcalloc() misuse with __GFP_NOFAIL

As reported by syzbot [1], kvcalloc() cannot work with  __GFP_NOFAIL.
Let's use kcalloc() instead.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/0000000000007796bd05f1852ec2@google.com
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2025-03-27 19:33:46 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032719-CVE-2023-53027-dc56@gregkh/T
Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2025-05-15 08:10:03 UTC 
This CVE has been rejected upstream: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032857-REJECTED-1fb4@gregkh/
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