CVE-2023-53695
udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy When UDF filesystem is corrupted, hidden system inodes can be linked into directory hierarchy which is an avenue for further serious corruption of the filesystem and kernel confusion as noticed by syzbot fuzzed images. Refuse to access system inodes linked into directory hierarchy and vice versa.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 12 months later
· 12 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 · Deferred | 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)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 6174c2eb8ecef271159bdcde460ce8af54d8f72f – < 1dc71eeb198a8daa17d0c995998a53b0b749a158
- affected 6174c2eb8ecef271159bdcde460ce8af54d8f72f – < d747b31e2925a2f384e7dd1901a2e5bc5f984ed8
- affected 6174c2eb8ecef271159bdcde460ce8af54d8f72f – < a44ec34b90440ada190924f5908b97026504fdcd
- affected 6174c2eb8ecef271159bdcde460ce8af54d8f72f – < 37e74003d81e79457535cbbdfa1603431c03fac0
- affected 6174c2eb8ecef271159bdcde460ce8af54d8f72f – < 1f328751b65c49c13a312d67a3bf27766b85baf7
- affected 6174c2eb8ecef271159bdcde460ce8af54d8f72f – < 9e3b5ef7d02eaa6553e79b4af9bd99227280f245
- affected 6174c2eb8ecef271159bdcde460ce8af54d8f72f – < 85a37983ec69cc9fcd188bc37c4de15ee326355a
- affected 801c7a20d255e300ab51a6fcb1d0e218d136b16f
- affected 3.17.2 – < 3.18
- affected 3.18
- unaffected < 3.18
- unaffected 4.19.278 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.235 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.173 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.99 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.16 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.3 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc71eeb198a8daa17d0c995998a53b0b749a158 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d747b31e2925a2f384e7dd1901a2e5bc5f984ed8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a44ec34b90440ada190924f5908b97026504fdcd (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37e74003d81e79457535cbbdfa1603431c03fac0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f328751b65c49c13a312d67a3bf27766b85baf7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3b5ef7d02eaa6553e79b4af9bd99227280f245 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a37983ec69cc9fcd188bc37c4de15ee326355a (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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