Bug 1221163 (CVE-2023-52496) - VUL-0: REJECTED: CVE-2023-52496: kernel: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters
Summary: VUL-0: REJECTED: CVE-2023-52496: kernel: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd c...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2023-52496
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Kernel Bugs
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/396605/
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Reported: 2024-03-08 08:05 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-03-08 10:36 UTC (History)
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-03-08 08:05:23 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2023-52496 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/20240229155245.1571576-37-lee@kernel.org/T

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-52496
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268451
Comment 1 Robert Frohl 2024-03-08 08:06:57 UTC 
not relevant for any SUSE kernels and already fixed for openSUSE. closing
Comment 2 Michal Hocko 2024-03-08 10:10:11 UTC 
(In reply to Robert Frohl from comment #1)
> not relevant for any SUSE kernels and already fixed for openSUSE. closing

Not only relevant but also completely bogus. This is a build fix!