Vulnerability · Published Feb 22, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52444f2fs: fix to avoid dirent corruption

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid dirent corruption As Al reported in link[1]: f2fs_rename() ... if (old_dir != new_dir && !whiteout) f2fs_set_link(old_inode, old_dir_entry, old_dir_page, new_dir); else f2fs_put_page(old_dir_page, 0); You want correct inumber in the ".." link. And cross-directory rename does move the source to new parent, even if you'd been asked to leave a whiteout in the old place. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231017055040.GN800259@ZenIV/ With below testcase, it may cause dirent corruption, due to it missed to call f2fs_set_link() to update ".." link to new directory. - mkdir -p dir/foo - renameat2 -w dir/foo bar [ASSERT] (__chk_dots_dentries:1421) --> Bad inode number[0x4] for '..', parent parent ino is [0x3] [FSCK] other corrupted bugs [Fail]

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.76-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52444
Debian:13linux6.6.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52444
Debian:14linux6.6.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-102.112UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-102.112USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1057.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1057.63USN-6725-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1060.69USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1060.69UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1USN-6819-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1060.69.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1060.69.1USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1055.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1055.63USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1USN-6818-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1054.59USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1054.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1040.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1040.46USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41~22.04.2USN-6818-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1050.53USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1052.58USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1052.58UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1054.59USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1054.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-102.112UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-102.112USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1USN-6818-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1048.48USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1048.48UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1021.22UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1021.22USN-6818-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1035.35USN-6688-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1035.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1024.25USN-6819-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1055.61USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1055.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1USN-6819-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1050.53USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.56.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1USN-6819-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52444

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 7e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before 02160112e6d45c2610b049df6eb693d7a2e57b467e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before 5624a3c1b1ebc8991318e1cce2aa7195429910247e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before 6f866885e147d33efc497f1095f35b2ee5ec73107e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before f100ba617d8be6c98a68f3744ef7617082975b777e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before f0145860c20be6bae6785c7a2249577674702ac77e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before d3c0b49aaa12a61d560528f5d605029ab57f07287e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before 2fb4867f4405aea8c0519d7d188207f232a578627e01e7ad746bc8198a8b46163ddc73a1c7d22339 – before 53edb549565f55ccd0bdf43be3d66ce4c2d48b28
Linux Linux 4.2

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