CVE-2023-53447 is a race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's F2FS filesystem, specifically affecting the f2fs_remount() function. It occurs when remounting a read-write filesystem, allowing a race between the remount operation and a fallocate system call. This can lead to a general protection fault and system crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 4.7 (Medium), with a local attack vector (AV:L) and high attack complexity (AC:H), requiring low privileges (PR:L) and resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.8, < 6.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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