CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4. It affects Linux, Ubuntu. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2023-2612
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.28%
Linux Ubuntu
Original NVD 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).
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