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CVE-2023-53683
fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()
High7.8EPSS 0.16%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode() syzbot is hitting WARN_ON() in hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode(), for crafted filesystem image can contain bogus length. There conditions are not kernel bugs that can justify kernel to panic.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 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 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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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
- affected f62f5ee63052324ad94dd05091743d9e09f72070 – < 61af77acd039ffd221bf7adf0dc95d0a4d377505
- affected ab778439c6fa0071698b62a351f79d319fd72c53 – < c074913b12db3632b11588b31bbfb0fa80a0a1c9
- affected 781fa141414ef18b52f15037497155f80bf0ecab – < a75d9211a07fed513c08c5d4861c4a36ac6a74fe
- affected 1f881d9201f6e0a917004a14329f9ff3d0bfa1e5 – < c8daee66585897a4c90d937c91e762100237bff9
- affected 48d9e2e6de01ed35e965eb549758a837c07b601d – < 37cab61a52d6f42b2d961c51bcf369f09e235fb5
- affected 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb – < 48960a503fcec76d3f72347b7e679dda08ca43be
- affected 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb – < 3a9d68d84b2e41ba3f2a727b36f035fad6800492
- affected 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb – < 81b21c0f0138ff5a499eafc3eb0578ad2a99622c
- affected 4.14.303 – < 4.14.316
- affected 4.19.270 – < 4.19.284
- affected 5.4.229 – < 5.4.244
- affected 5.10.163 – < 5.10.181
- affected 5.15.87 – < 5.15.113
- affected 5.16
- unaffected < 5.16
- unaffected 4.14.316 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.284 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.244 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.181 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.113 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.30 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.3.4 – ≤ 6.3.*
- unaffected 6.4 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61af77acd039ffd221bf7adf0dc95d0a4d377505 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c074913b12db3632b11588b31bbfb0fa80a0a1c9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a75d9211a07fed513c08c5d4861c4a36ac6a74fe (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8daee66585897a4c90d937c91e762100237bff9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37cab61a52d6f42b2d961c51bcf369f09e235fb5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48960a503fcec76d3f72347b7e679dda08ca43be (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9d68d84b2e41ba3f2a727b36f035fad6800492 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b21c0f0138ff5a499eafc3eb0578ad2a99622c (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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