CVE-2023-53473

HIGH

Linux kernel - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: improve error handling from ext4_dirhash() The ext4_dirhash() will *almost* never fail, especially when the hash tree feature was first introduced. However, with the addition of support of encrypted, casefolded file names, that function can most certainly fail today. So make sure the callers of ext4_dirhash() properly check for failures, and reflect the errors back up to their callers.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.112
linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026