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CVE-2023-2612
Published: May 30, 2023
Modified: Feb 13, 2025
PUBLISHED
CVSS v3.1
4.4
MEDIUM
Description
Jean-Baptiste Cayrou discovered that the shiftfs file system in the Ubuntu Linux kernel contained a race condition when handling inode locking in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel deadlock).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Canonical Ltd. | ubuntu-linux | affected 0 - < 02b47547824b1cd0d55c6744f91886f04de8947e |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2612
vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6122-1
vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6123-1
vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6124-1
vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6127-1
vendor-advisory
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