vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-52804: kernel: fs/jfs: Add validity check for db_maxag and db_agpref
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 21, 2024 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 21, 2024
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/jfs: Add validity check for db_maxag and db_agpref
Both db_maxag and db_agpref are used as the index of the
db_agfree array, but there is currently no validity check for
db_maxag and db_agpref, which can lead to errors.
The following is related bug reported by Syzbot:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:639:20
index 7936 is out of range for type 'atomic_t[128]'
Add checking that the values of db_maxag and db_agpref are valid
indexes for the db_agfree array.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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