CVE-2023-54062

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix invalid free tracking in ext4_xattr_mo...

CVE-2023-54062 is fixed in 76 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-184, released May 25, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0016
5th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix invalid free tracking in ext4_xattr_move_to_block() In ext4_xattr_move_to_block(), the value of the extended attribute which we need to move to an external block may be allocated by kvmalloc() if the value is stored in an external inode. So at the end of the function the code tried to check if this was the case by testing entry->e_value_inum. However, at this point, the pointer to the xattr entry is no longer valid, because it was removed from the original location where it had been stored. So we could end up calling kvfree() on a pointer which was not allocated by kvmalloc(); or we could also potentially leak memory by not freeing the buffer when it should be freed. Fix this by storing whether it should be freed in a separate variable.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · RHEL 9 0:7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-64k · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-abi-stablelists · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-uki-virt · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-doc · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-livepatch-6.1.29-47.49 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-kvm · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-kvm · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-tools · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-tools-libs · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-tools-libs-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-uki-virt · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
libperf · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.37-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54062 Dec 24, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54062 Dec 24, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54062 Dec 24, 2025
perf · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
python3-perf · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
rtla · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
rv · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024

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