Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52748

 

Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52748

Published: July 2, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93621
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52748
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the f2fs_init_page_array_cache() function in fs/f2fs/compress.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2023-52748

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.202, 5.15.140, 6.1.64, 6.5.13, 6.6.3, 6.7
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.95.0.176, 5.10.0-209.0.0.117

External References

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