CVE-2023-54062
Published: Dec 24, 2025
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix invalid free tracking in ext4_xattr_move_to_block() In ext4_xattr_move_to_block(), the value of the extended attribute which we need to move to an external block may be allocated by kvmalloc() if the value is stored in an external inode. So at the end of the function the code tried to check if this was the case by testing entry->e_value_inum. However, at this point, the pointer to the xattr entry is no longer valid, because it was removed from the original location where it had been stored. So we could end up calling kvfree() on a pointer which was not allocated by kvmalloc(); or we could also potentially leak memory by not freeing the buffer when it should be freed. Fix this by storing whether it should be freed in a separate variable.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected c7851208abffe5ae4deb01cf48763911dc14fc67 - < 76887be2a96193cd11be818551b8934ecdb3123faffected f5cdc6a7339f250d44d4d469ed7a474ac0d6c7a7 - < f30f3391d089dc91aef91d08f4b04a6c0df2b067affected 3b28c799a1334adb5a19f42f03abe0d8cbb05938 - < ba04d6af5ac440a6d5a2d35dc1d8e2cb0323550aaffected d738789ae9ec47d3458a008788f3cdc862ebf0cb - < 1a8822343e67432b658145d2760a524c884da9d4affected a6744e14ce7045ab1a728bde9595f62fbd39f1d2 - < 8beaa3cb293a8f7bacf711cf52201d59859dbc40+11 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.3unaffected 0 - < 6.3unaffected 4.14.315 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.283 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.243 - <= 5.4.*+6 more versions |
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