CVE-2023-52681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: Free s_fs_info on unmount Now that we allocate a s_fs_info struct on fs context creation, we should ensure that we free it again when the superblock goes away.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00043.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48be1364dd387e375e1274b76af986cb8747be2c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/547713d502f7b4b8efccd409cff84d731a23853b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92be3095c6ca1cdc46237839c6087555be9160e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea6b597fcaca99562fa56a473bcbbbd79b40af03
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024051751-CVE-2023-52681-9f54@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52681
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52681

History

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-05-17T14:24:44.687Z

Updated: 2025-06-19T12:39:12.925Z

Reserved: 2024-03-07T14:49:46.887Z

Link: CVE-2023-52681

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:11:35.411Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-17T15:15:19.360

Modified: 2025-06-19T13:15:25.340

Link: CVE-2023-52681

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52681 - Bugzilla

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