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CVE-2023-52591

reiserfs: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 6, 2024 at 06:45 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: reiserfs: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change The VFS will not be locking moved directory if its parent does not change. Change reiserfs rename code to avoid touching renamed directory if its parent does not change as without locking that can corrupt the filesystem.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
v < 6.6.166.7 ≤ v < 6.7.41da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac22.6.12
Vendor states this is fixed in 17e1361cb91dc1325834da95d2ab532959d2debc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 49db9b1b86a82448dfaf3fcfefcf678dee56c8ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c04c162f82ac403917780eb6d1654694455d4e7c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.191 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e1361cb91dc1325834da95d2ab532959d2debc
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49db9b1b86a82448dfaf3fcfefcf678dee56c8ed
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c04c162f82ac403917780eb6d1654694455d4e7c
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9de2e9fcede300579b9b65139d669ccdc134a459

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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