CVE-2023-53137 Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.110.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELMACROS-10571861
  • published1 Jul 2025
  • disclosed30 Jun 2025

Introduced: 30 Jun 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-macros to version 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ext4: Fix possible corruption when moving a directory

When we are renaming a directory to a different directory, we need to update '..' entry in the moved directory. However nothing prevents moved directory from being modified and even converted from the inline format to the normal format. When such race happens the rename code gets confused and we crash. Fix the problem by locking the moved directory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1