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FKIE_CVE-2023-53626

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-07 16:15 - Updated: 2026-02-03 22:27

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory

References

URL	Tags
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/020166bc6669ca9fb267ebd96bd88c4fb64a5d46	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c93c42c7bb23057bde8a0a2ab834927ff64d20c	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43ce288ab5d7274a4a141d7f5e3ed2ab7b41f8a2	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e42feab2e20618ddd0cbfc4ab4b08628236ecd	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16cbd8233d6c58fc488545393e49b5d55729990	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e71eb4dca41f0f36823724ced0406bb2dbdd5506	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	5.4.237
linux	linux_kernel	5.10.175
linux	linux_kernel	5.15.103
linux	linux_kernel	6.1.20
linux	linux_kernel	6.2.7
linux	linux_kernel	6.3
linux	linux_kernel	6.3

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CVE-2023-53626 (GCVE-0-2023-53626)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-07 15:19 – Updated: 2025-10-07 15:19

Title

ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16cbd8233d6c58fc…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/020166bc6669ca9fb…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c93c42c7bb23057b…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e71eb4dca41f0f368…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43ce288ab5d7274a4…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e42feab2e20618d…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 8dac5a63cf79707b547ea3d425fead5f4482198f , < c16cbd8233d6c58fc488545393e49b5d55729990 (git)
Affected: 0c440f14558bfacd22c6935ae1fd4b2a09e96b5d , < 020166bc6669ca9fb267ebd96bd88c4fb64a5d46 (git)
Affected: c50fc503ee1b97f12c98e26afc39fdaebebcf04f , < 1c93c42c7bb23057bde8a0a2ab834927ff64d20c (git)
Affected: b0bb13612292ca90fa4c2a7e425375649bc50d3e , < e71eb4dca41f0f36823724ced0406bb2dbdd5506 (git)
Affected: 291cd19d107e197306869cb3237c1bba62d13182 , < 43ce288ab5d7274a4a141d7f5e3ed2ab7b41f8a2 (git)
Affected: 0813299c586b175d7edb25f56412c54b812d0379 , < 70e42feab2e20618ddd0cbfc4ab4b08628236ecd (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.4.237 , < 5.4.238 (semver)
Affected: 5.10.175 , < 5.10.176 (semver)
Affected: 5.15.103 , < 5.15.104 (semver)
Affected: 6.1.20 , < 6.1.21 (semver)
Affected: 6.2.7 , < 6.2.8 (semver)

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2023-53626

CVE-2023-53626 (GCVE-0-2023-53626)

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