# CVE-2023-1611: Use after free in Kernel

> An attacker can trigger a use-after-free in the btrfs filesystem to crash the system or leak kernel memory.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1611, GHSA-fm53-c89v-pw28, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1611

## What is CVE-2023-1611?

CVE-2023-1611 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A use-after-free flaw was found in btrfs_search_slot in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in btrfs in the Linux Kernel.This flaw allows an attacker to crash the system and possibly cause a kernel information lea

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1611?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1611?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-1611 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1611 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1611 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1611/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1611/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1611
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1611
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1611

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1611/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.