Bug 1216262 (CVE-2023-45898)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-45898: kernel: use-after-free in fs/ext4/extents_status.c
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	gabriele.sonnu, meissner
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/381908/
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Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-10-16 08:23:50 UTC

The Linux kernel before 6.5.4 has an es1 use-after-free in
fs/ext4/extents_status.c, related to ext4_es_insert_extent.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-45898

Comment 1 Gabriele Sonnu 2023-10-16 08:26:25 UTC

Only the stable branch has the offending commit, and it also contains the fix.

Nothing to do, closing.