CVE-2023-3212

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-3212
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-23 20:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 21:17:16 UTC
DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel. It occurs on corrupt gfs2 file systems when the evict code tries to reference the journal descriptor structure after it has been freed and set to NULL. A privileged local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.002620000 probability, percentile 0.167720000 (date 2026-10-14)

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 CWE-476

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.4 rc1 All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Linux Kernel Gfs2 File System affected Fixed in kernel 6.4-rc2 Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
gfs2: Don't deref jdesc in evict · torvalds/linux@504a10d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5448-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3623-1] linux-5.10 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5480-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2023-3212 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
2214348 – (CVE-2023-3212) CVE-2023-3212 kernel: gfs2: NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_evict_inode() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-806742.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161066 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2023-6583)
  • 161147 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2023-7077)
  • 199469 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6231-1)
  • 199757 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) Vulnerabilities (USN-6339-4)
  • 199765 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6388-1)
  • 199783 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6396-1)
  • 199804 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6417-1)
  • 199810 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6412-1)
  • 199812 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (KVM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6396-2)
  • 199834 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-6396-3)
  • 199883 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (NVIDIA) Vulnerabilities (USN-6466-1)
  • 242399 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2023:6583)
  • 242434 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt security (RHSA-2023:6901)
  • 242451 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2023:7077)
  • 355864 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-051
  • 356403 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2023-2268
  • 356578 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-054
  • 378889 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0036)
  • 378892 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0114)
  • 379043 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0136)
  • 6000207 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5448-1)
  • 6000212 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5480-1)
  • 6000265 Debian Security Update for linux-5.10 (DLA 3623-1)
  • 6000429 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3710-1)
  • 673354 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2843)
  • 673496 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2860)
  • 907075 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (27328-1)
  • 907167 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (27308-1)
  • 941453 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2023:7077)

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