CVE-2023-53683 (GCVE-0-2023-53683)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-07 15:21
Modified
2025-10-29 10:50
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode() syzbot is hitting WARN_ON() in hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode(), for crafted filesystem image can contain bogus length. There conditions are not kernel bugs that can justify kernel to panic.
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: f62f5ee63052324ad94dd05091743d9e09f72070
Version: ab778439c6fa0071698b62a351f79d319fd72c53
Version: 781fa141414ef18b52f15037497155f80bf0ecab
Version: 1f881d9201f6e0a917004a14329f9ff3d0bfa1e5
Version: 48d9e2e6de01ed35e965eb549758a837c07b601d
Version: 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb
Version: 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb
Version: 55d1cbbbb29e6656c662ee8f73ba1fc4777532eb
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