CVE-2023-2124

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s XFS file system, specifically in how a user restores an XFS image after failure with a dirty log journal. This issue allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. The flaw is related to insufficient metadata control when mounting XFS images, particularly in the xlog recover buf commit pass2() function within the fs/xfs/xfs buf item recover.c module.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.