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CVE-2023-52599 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in diNewExt [Syz report] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2360:2 index -878706688 is out of range for type 'struct iagctl[128]' CPU: 1 PID: 5065 Comm: syz-executor282 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc4-syzkaller-00009-gbee0e7762ad2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/10/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x11c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348 diNewExt+0x3cf3/0x4000 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2360 diAllocExt fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1949 [inline] diAllocAG+0xbe8/0x1e50 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1666 diAlloc+0x1d3/0x1760 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1587 ialloc+0x8f/0x900 fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c:56 jfs_mkdir+0x1c5/0xb90 fs/jfs/namei.c:225 vfs_mkdir+0x2f1/0x4b0 fs/namei.c:4106 do_mkdirat+0x264/0x3a0 fs/namei.c:4129 __do_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:4149 [inline] __se_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:4147 [inline] __x64_sys_mkdir+0x6e/0x80 fs/namei.c:4147 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x45/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.…

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2024-03-06
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-129

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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