CVE-2023-26605 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is a use-after-free in inode_cgwb_move_to_attached in fs/fs-writeback.c, related to __list_del_entry_valid.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00017.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-5911-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5912-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5929-1	Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5935-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5938-1	Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5941-1	Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5950-1	Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5962-1	Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-6032-1	Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4e3c51f4e805291b057d12f5dda5aeb50a538dc4
https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/2/22/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26605
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0010/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26605

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:04:13.582Z

Reserved: 2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-26605

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-26T23:15:10.827

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:31.580

Link: CVE-2023-26605

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-26605 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-416

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