CVE-2023-52590 ocfs2: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change

High 7.8 Published Updated

A race condition in the OCFS2 filesystem can lead to filesystem corruption and denial of service when renaming directories.

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

What is CVE-2023-52590?

CVE-2023-52590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ocfs2: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change

The VFS will not be locking moved directory if its parent does not change. Change ocfs2 rename code to avoid touching renamed directory if its parent does not change as without locking that can corrupt the filesystem.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52590?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52590?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-52590 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52590 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-52590, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52590, GHSA-55wg-fv83-2v8j, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2023-52590, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2023-52590, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2023-52590 and 1 more.

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