PT-2025-40213 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1
Published
2022-12-16
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Updated
2025-10-24
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CVE-2023-53506
CVSS v3.1
7.8
High
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The Linux kernel contains an issue where merging very long extents could lead to corruption of extents within a file. The problem stemmed from unnecessarily complex logic when attempting to maximize the length of the first extent during merging, and a bug in that logic was identified through syzbot testing. The resolution involves avoiding the merging of extents that are excessively long together.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Corruption
RCE
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linux Kernel
Suse