CVE-2023-53626

ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Oct 7, 2025
Updated: Oct 15, 2026
Reserved: Oct 7, 2025

Description

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

ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Linux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	8dac5a63cf79707b547ea3d425fead5f4482198f to before c16cbd8233d6c58fc488545393e49b5d55729990Affected 0c440f14558bfacd22c6935ae1fd4b2a09e96b5d to before 020166bc6669ca9fb267ebd96bd88c4fb64a5d46Affected c50fc503ee1b97f12c98e26afc39fdaebebcf04f to before 1c93c42c7bb23057bde8a0a2ab834927ff64d20cAffected b0bb13612292ca90fa4c2a7e425375649bc50d3e to before e71eb4dca41f0f36823724ced0406bb2dbdd5506Affected 291cd19d107e197306869cb3237c1bba62d13182 to before 43ce288ab5d7274a4a141d7f5e3ed2ab7b41f8a2Affected 0813299c586b175d7edb25f56412c54b812d0379 to before 70e42feab2e20618ddd0cbfc4ab4b08628236ecdAffected
LinuxLinux	5.4.237 to before 5.4.238Affected 5.10.175 to before 5.10.176Affected 5.15.103 to before 5.15.104Affected 6.1.20 to before 6.1.21Affected 6.2.7 to before 6.2.8Affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

8dac5a63cf79707b547ea3d425fead5f4482198f to before c16cbd8233d6c58fc488545393e49b5d55729990Affected
0c440f14558bfacd22c6935ae1fd4b2a09e96b5d to before 020166bc6669ca9fb267ebd96bd88c4fb64a5d46Affected
c50fc503ee1b97f12c98e26afc39fdaebebcf04f to before 1c93c42c7bb23057bde8a0a2ab834927ff64d20cAffected
b0bb13612292ca90fa4c2a7e425375649bc50d3e to before e71eb4dca41f0f36823724ced0406bb2dbdd5506Affected
291cd19d107e197306869cb3237c1bba62d13182 to before 43ce288ab5d7274a4a141d7f5e3ed2ab7b41f8a2Affected
0813299c586b175d7edb25f56412c54b812d0379 to before 70e42feab2e20618ddd0cbfc4ab4b08628236ecdAffected

LinuxLinux

5.4.237 to before 5.4.238Affected
5.10.175 to before 5.10.176Affected
5.15.103 to before 5.15.104Affected
6.1.20 to before 6.1.21Affected
6.2.7 to before 6.2.8Affected

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