medium4.4
CVE-2023-3212
A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel.
Impact
A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel. It occurs on corrupt gfs2 file systems when the evict code tries to reference the journal descriptor structure after it has been freed and set to NULL. A privileged local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 6.4 Version 6.4 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Version 38 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 10.0, 11.0, 12.0 |
| Netapp | H300s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H500s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H700s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H410s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H410c Firmware | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2214348
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/504a10d9e46bc37b23d0a1ae2f28973c8516e636
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0005/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-806742.html