CVE-2023-2124

Description

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s XFS file system in how a user restores an XFS image after failure (with a dirty log journal). This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-165-06

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7e9494b8b399902e994e

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230622-0010/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c?h=v6.4-rc1&id=22ed903eee23a5b174e240f1cdfa9acf393a5210

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3