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Medium · 6.7 CVE-2023-4394 EUVD-2023-54258GHSA-5w86-j94c-54q5

Memory leak in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path()

Published Aug 17, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

Vendor: Fedora Vendor: Red Hat Product: Fedora Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path in fs/btrfs/volumes.c in btrfs file-system in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with special privileges to cause a system crash or leak internal kernel information

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Kernel — 6.0-rc3
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Fedora Fedora — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.19.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.19.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.19.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-53.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1023.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1023.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1022.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1008.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1018.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1021.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1022.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1023.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1023.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1029.36~20.04.1.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1022.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +25 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1008.12~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1022.28~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1025.28 —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.131.1-2 —

Advisories 1

References