VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-3212

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-06-23
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A 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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-476
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references