PT-2025-41106 · Ext4+5 · Ext4+5
Published
2024-11-12
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Updated
2026-05-22
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CVE-2023-53662
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak exists in the ext4 filesystem related to filename casefolding failures within the
ext4 fname setup filename() and ext4 fname prepare lookup() functions. Specifically, memory allocated for the crypto buf.name member of the fscrypt name structure is not freed when filename casefolding fails, leading to a memory leak.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu
Ext4