CVE-2023-52590 (GCVE-0-2023-52590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-06 06:45 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:29
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Title
ocfs2: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change
Summary
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.
Severity
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SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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Linux Linux Affected: ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c , < de940cede3c41624e2de27f805b490999f419df9 (git)
Affected: ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c , < 9d618d19b29c2943527e3a43da0a35aea91062fc (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.7.4 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.8 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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