CVE-2023-45898

Summary

CVECVE-2023-45898
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-16 03:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-12 11:16:14 UTC
DescriptionThe Linux kernel before 6.5.4 has an es1 use-after-free in fs/ext4/extents_status.c, related to ext4_es_insert_extent.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.000120000 probability, percentile 0.017250000 (date 2026-05-12)

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a | CWE-416 CWE-416 Use After Free


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux Subsystem affected * 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 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
LKML: Yikebaer Aizezi: KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ext4_es_insert_extent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Mailing List, Patch
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_es_insert_extent() · torvalds/linux@768d612 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
[PATCH] ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_es_insert_extent() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lore.kernel.org Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.5.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cdn.kernel.org Release Notes
Patch "ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_es_insert_extent()" has been added to the 6.5-stable tree — Linux Stable Commits af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH] ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_es_insert_extent() MITRE lore.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199980 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerability (USN-6536-1)
  • 199982 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GCP) Vulnerability (USN-6537-1)
  • 907587 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (31566-1)
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