CVE-2023-52583 Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.188.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-6691786
  • published29 Apr 2024
  • disclosed26 Apr 2024

Introduced: 26 Apr 2024

CVE-2023-52583  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ceph: fix deadlock or deadcode of misusing dget()

The lock order is incorrect between denty and its parent, we should always make sure that the parent get the lock first.

But since this deadcode is never used and the parent dir will always be set from the callers, let's just remove it.

CVSS Scores

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