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CVE-2023-2612 (GCVE-0-2023-2612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-30 23:12 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:44
VLAI
Title
shiftfs lock unbalance in Ubuntu-specific kernels
Summary
Jean-Baptiste Cayrou discovered that the shiftfs file system in the Ubuntu Linux kernel contained a race condition when handling inode locking in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel deadlock).
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-10 16:47 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Canonical Ltd. ubuntu-linux Affected: 0 , < 02b47547824b1cd0d55c6744f91886f04de8947e (commit)
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Date Public
2023-05-30 00:00
Credits
Jean-Baptiste Cayrou
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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