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CVE-2023-53783: Linux kernel I/O cost model can cause divide-by-zero

CVE-2023-53783 · published 11 months ago
Summary

The Linux kernel used in several Canonical Linux distributions can crash if an extremely large value is written to the I/O cost model setting. This overflow leads to a divide‑by‑zero error that may stop the system or affect storage performance. Update to the latest kernel version that includes the fix, or avoid setting the cost model to values larger than the normal range.

What to do
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1104.112~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1110.116~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1107.116~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.4 to version 5.4.0-152.169~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1051.56~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1103.112~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1088.99~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.4.0-152.169.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.4.0-1104.112.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.4.0-1110.116.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1040.47~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.4.0-1065.71.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.4.0-1107.116.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1036.44~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.4.0-1051.56.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1033.38~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-iot to version 5.4.0-1017.18.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.4.0-1093.99.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1015.15~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.4.0-1103.112.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1037.43~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 5.4.0-1088.99.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1035.39~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp to version 5.4.0-1024.28.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 5.4.0-1104.112+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 5.4.0-1110.116+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 5.4.0-1079.88.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 5.4.0-1107.116+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.15.0-75.82.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.15.0-1038.43.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.15.0-1040.47.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.15.0-1036.44.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 5.15.0-1036.41.
  • Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 5.15.0-1022.27.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.15.0-1032.35.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg to version 5.15.0-1033.38.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.15.0-1035.40.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 5.15.0-75.82.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 5.15.0-1027.27.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra to version 5.15.0-1015.15.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.15.0-1037.43.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 5.15.0-1032.35.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.15.0-1019.21.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime to version 5.15.0-1033.35.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 5.15.0-1040.45.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.1.20-1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 5.15.0-1041.48.1.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-lts-xenial All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.4 < 5.4.0-1104.112~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1104.112~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.4 < 5.4.0-1110.116~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1110.116~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.4 < 5.4.0-1107.116~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1107.116~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.4 < 5.4.0-152.169~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-152.169~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.4 < 5.4.0-1051.56~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1051.56~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oem All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
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Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.4 < 5.4.0-1103.112~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1103.112~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-5.4 < 5.4.0-1088.99~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1088.99~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.4.0-152.169
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-152.169
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.4.0-1104.112
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1104.112
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.15 < 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.4.0-1110.116
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1110.116
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.15 < 5.15.0-1040.47~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1040.47~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.4.0-1065.71
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1065.71
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.4.0-1107.116
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1107.116
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.15 < 5.15.0-1036.44~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1036.44~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.4.0-1051.56
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1051.56
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 < 5.15.0-1033.38~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1033.38~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-iot < 5.4.0-1017.18
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1017.18
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.4.0-1093.99
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1093.99
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 < 5.15.0-1015.15~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1015.15~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.4.0-1103.112
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1103.112
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.15 < 5.15.0-1037.43~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1037.43~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi < 5.4.0-1088.99
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1088.99
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.15 < 5.15.0-1035.39~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1035.39~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp < 5.4.0-1024.28
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1024.28
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 < 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 5.4.0-1104.112+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1104.112+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 5.4.0-1110.116+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1110.116+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 5.4.0-1079.88
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1079.88
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 5.4.0-1107.116+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1107.116+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.15.0-75.82
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-75.82
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.15.0-1038.43
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1038.43
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.15.0-1040.47
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1040.47
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 5.15.0-1041.48.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1041.48.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.15.0-1036.44
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1036.44
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 5.15.0-1036.41
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1036.41
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop < 5.15.0-1022.27
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1022.27
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.15.0-1032.35
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg < 5.15.0-1033.38
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1033.38
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.15.0-1035.40
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1035.40
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency < 5.15.0-75.82
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-75.82
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia < 5.15.0-1027.27
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1027.27
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra < 5.15.0-1015.15
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1015.15
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.15.0-1037.43
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1037.43
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi < 5.15.0-1032.35
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.15.0-1019.21
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1019.21
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime < 5.15.0-1033.35
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1033.35
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 5.15.0-1040.45
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1040.45
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.11 All versions
Debian:12 debian linux < 6.1.20-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.20-1
Original advisory text
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs() echo max of u64 to cost.model can cause divide by 0 error. # echo 8:0 rbps=1...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs() echo max of u64 to cost.model can cause divide by 0 error. # echo 8:0 rbps=18446744073709551615 > /sys/fs/cgroup/io.cost.model divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP RIP: 0010:calc_lcoefs+0x4c/0xc0 Call Trace: <TASK> ioc_refresh_params+0x2b3/0x4f0 ioc_cost_model_write+0x3cb/0x4c0 ? _copy_from_iter+0x6d/0x6c0 ? kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xfc/0x270 cgroup_file_write+0xa0/0x200 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x17d/0x270 vfs_write+0x414/0x620 ksys_write+0x73/0x160 __x64_sys_write+0x1e/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd calc_lcoefs() uses the input value of cost.model in DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL, overflow would happen if bps plus IOC_PAGE_SIZE is greater than ULLONG_MAX, it can cause divide by 0 error. Fix the problem by setting basecost
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Timeline
Published9 Dec 2025
Updated29 Oct 2026
First seen7 Mar 2026
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