CVE-2023-3212
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 23, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 12, 2023
Description
A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel. It occurs on corrupt gfs2 file systems when the evict code tries to reference the journal descriptor structure after it has been freed and set to NULL. A privileged local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic.
Scores
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Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Linux kernel (gfs2 file system)n/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2214348
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/504a10d9e46bc37b23d0a1ae2f28973c8516e636
- DSA-5448vendor-advisory
- DSA-5480vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0005/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231019 [SECURITY] [DLA 3623-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240111 [SECURITY] [DLA 3710-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-806742.html
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