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CVE-2023-2269

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2269 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component, specifically within the table_clear function in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c. This flaw, caused by a potential recursive locking scenario leading to a deadlock, affects products from Debian, Fedora Project, and NetApp. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, with low attack complexity (AC:L). Its primary impact is a denial of service (A:H), as it can render the affected system unresponsive. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community attention, with no social media discussion or media coverage reported.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-2269Low

kernel: A possible deadlock in dm_get_inactive_table in dm- ioctl.c leads to dos

Apr 17, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63AJUCJTZCII2JMAF7MGZEM66KY7IALT
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FBLBKW2WM5YSTS6OGEU5SYHXSJ5EWSTV
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXHBLWYNSUBS77TYPOJTADPDXKBH2F4U
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lore.kernel.org / lkml/ZD1xyZxb3rHot8PV%40redhat.com/t
Vendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230929-0004
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5448
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5480
Third Party Advisory