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High · 7.5 CVE-2023-49298 EUVD-2023-53284GHSA-mvg7-8xh2-47rf

OpenZFS through 2.1.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.1, in certain scenarios involving applications that try to rely on efficient copying of file d…

Published Nov 24, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

OpenZFS through 2.1.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.1, in certain scenarios involving applications that try to rely on efficient copying of file data, can replace file contents with zero-valued bytes and thus potentially disable security mechanisms. NOTE: this issue is not always security related, but can be security related in realistic situations. A possible example is cp, from a recent GNU Core Utilities (coreutils) version, when attempting to preserve a rule set for denying unauthorized access. (One might use cp when configuring access control, such as with the /etc/hosts.deny file specified in the IBM Support reference.) NOTE: this issue occurs less often in version 2.2.1, and in versions before 2.1.4, because of the default configuration in those versions.

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 zfs-linux 2.1.14-1 —
Debian 13 zfs-linux 2.1.14-1 —
Debian 12 zfs-linux 2.1.11-1+deb12u1 —
Debian 11 zfs-linux 2.0.3-9+deb11u2 DLA-4114-1
Debian 10 zfs-linux 0.7.12-2+deb10u3 DLA-3766-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS zfs-linux 2.2.2-0ubuntu2 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS zfs-linux 2.1.5-1ubuntu6~22.04.4 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS zfs-linux 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.17 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS zfs-linux No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS zfs-linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 zfs +2 2.2.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.23 zfs +2 2.2.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.22 zfs +2 2.2.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.21 zfs +2 2.2.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.20 zfs +2 2.2.1-r1 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 zfs +2 2.2.1-r1 —

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