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CVE-2023-53091

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.20%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2025-05-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2023-53091
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.20%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: update s_journal_inum if it changes after journal replay When mounting a crafted ext4 image, s_journal_inum may change after journal replay, which is obviously unreasonable because we have successfully loaded and replayed the journal through the old s_journal_inum. And the new s_journal_inum bypasses some of the checks in ext4_get_journal(), which may trigger a null pointer dereference problem. So if s_journal_inum changes after the journal replay, we ignore the change, and rewrite the current journal_inum to the superblock.

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