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CVE-2023-45898
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.
High7.8EPSS 0.29%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aa03f191-445c-0d2e-d6d7-0a3208d7df7a%40huawei.com/T/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg317086.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/8/13/477 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/768d612f79822d30a1e7d132a4d4b05337ce42ec (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.5.4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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