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TI-2023-28939 Aliases CVE-2023-52599GHSA-2xhh-m3cf-854c

jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in diNewExt

Priority LOW 34CWE-129Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-129 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in diNewExt [Syz report] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2360:2 index -878706688 is out of range for type 'struct iagctl[128]' CPU: 1 PID: 5065 Comm: syz-executor282 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc4-syzkaller-00009-gbee0e7762ad2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/10/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x11c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348 diNewExt+0x3cf3/0x4000 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2360 diAllocExt fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1949 [inline] diAllocAG+0xbe8/0x1e50 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1666 diAlloc+0x1d3/0x1760 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1587 ialloc+0x8f/0x900 fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c:56 jfs_mkdir+0x1c5/0xb90 fs/jfs/namei.c:225 vfs_mkdir+0x2f1/0x4b0 fs/namei.c:4106 do_mkdirat+0x264/0x3a0 fs/namei.c:4129 __do_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:4149 [inline] __se_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:4147 [inline] __x64_sys_mkdir+0x6e/0x80 fs/namei.c:4147 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x45/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b RIP: 0033:0x7fcb7e6a0b57 Code: ff ff 77 07 31 c0 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 c7 c2 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 53 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffd83023038 EFLAGS: 00000286 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000053 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000ffffffff RCX: 00007fcb7e6a0b57 RDX: 00000000000a1020 RSI: 00000000000001ff RDI: 0000000020000140 RBP: 0000000020000140 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000286 R12: 00007ffd830230d0 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [Analysis] When the agstart is too large, it can cause agno overflow. [Fix] After obtaining agno, if the value is invalid, exit the subsequent process. Modified the test from agno > MAXAG to agno >= MAXAG based on linux-next report by kernel test robot (Dan Carpenter).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00251 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210 +5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux2.6.12 and later4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4, 6.8Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.12 and later Fixed in 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4, 6.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.19.307; 4.20 to before 5.4.269; 5.5 to before 5.10.210; 5.11 to before 5.15.149; 5.16 to before 6.1.77; 6.2 to before 6.6.16; 6.7 to before 6.7.4VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.19.307; 4.20 to before 5.4.269; 5.5 to before 5.10.210; 5.11 to before 5.15.149; 5.16 to before 6.1.77; 6.2 to before 6.6.16; 6.7 to before 6.7.4 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4, 6.8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52599
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2xhh-m3cf-854c

References

Patch 10

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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