CVE-2023-53662

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in ext4_fname_setup_filename and ext4_fname_prepare_lookup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leaks in ext4_fname_{setup_filename,prepare_lookup} If the filename casefolding fails, we'll be leaking memory from the fscrypt_name struct, namely from the 'crypto_buf.name' member. Make sure we free it in the error path on both ext4_fname_setup_filename() and ext4_fname_prepare_lookup() functions.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 1ae98e295fa2577fb5e492200c58d10230e00e99 - 1fb3f1bbfdb511034b0360dbeb0f6a8424ed2a5c
Linux/Linux 1ae98e295fa2577fb5e492200c58d10230e00e99 - 36daf050be3f6f067631dc52054de2d3b7cc849f
Linux/Linux 1ae98e295fa2577fb5e492200c58d10230e00e99 - 7ca4b085f430f3774c3838b3da569ceccd6a0177
Linux/Linux 1ae98e295fa2577fb5e492200c58d10230e00e99 - 98fc9c2cc45cfcb56961a73de3ec69b474063fc0
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.199 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.54 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.5.4 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux 6.6
... and 1 more
Published Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026