Vulnerability CVE-2023-4389


Published: 2023-08-16

Description:
A flaw was found in btrfs_get_root_ref in fs/btrfs/disk-io.c in the btrfs filesystem in the Linux Kernel due to a double decrement of the reference count. This issue may allow a local attacker with user privilege to crash the system or may lead to leaked internal kernel information.

 References:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-btrfs/patch/20220324134454.15192-1-baijiaju1990@gmail.com/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4389
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219271

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