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high 7.8

CVE-2023-2124 json

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s XFS file system in how a user restores an XFS image after failure (with…

published 2023-05-15 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33644

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s XFS file system in how a user restores an XFS image after failure (with a dirty log journal). This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 6.4
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.37-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.3.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2124

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-156.173
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-79.86
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1107.115
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1110.119
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1039.47
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1105.112
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1039.44

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2124

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:4517RHSA-2023:4541RHSA-2023:4138RHSA-2023:4137RHSA-2023:3708RHSA-2023:3723

  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +3 more 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2871-1SUSE-SU-2023:2809-1SUSE-SU-2023:2805-1SUSE-SU-2023:2232-1SUSE-SU-2023:2782-1SUSE-SU-2023:2653-1

  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.3.6-1.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.6.17-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12981-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:4517ALSA-2023:4541ALSA-2023:3708ALSA-2023:3723

  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:4541RLSA-2023:4517

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.122.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-26781

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-2124 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: OOB access in the Linux kernel's XFS subsystem

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4789
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4137
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3723
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) perf 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4137
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4517
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.0.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3723
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) perf 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, bpftool 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4815
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4962
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) perf 4.18.0-147.87.1.el8_1, kernel 4.18.0-147.87.1.el8_1, bpftool 4.18.0-147.87.1.el8_1, kernel-core 4.18.0-147.87.1.el8_1, kernel-tools 4.18.0-147.87.1.el8_1, python3-perf 4.18.0-147.87.1.el8_1, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4515
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.2) perf 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, bpftool 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4962
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4789
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) kernel 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.64.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4137
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v. 8.2) perf 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, bpftool 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.113.1.el8_2, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.103.1.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4962
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4517
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3723
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4541
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3708
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV E4S (v.8.4) kernel-rt 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV TUS (v.8.4) kernel-rt 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4961
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.64.1.rt21.135.el9_0, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4138
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV TUS (v. 8.2) kernel-rt 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time TUS (v. 8.2) kernel-rt 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-193.113.1.rt13.164.el8_2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4817
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-477.21.1.rt7.284.el8_8, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4541
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.18.1.rt14.303.el9_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3708
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT TUS (v.8.4) kernel-rt 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-305.103.1.rt7.178.el8_4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4961
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.70.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4789
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-doc 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-165-06 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens TIM 1531 IRC

  • Siemens SIPLUS TIM 1531 IRC (6AG1543-1MX00-7XE0) <V2.4.8 Siemens TIM 1531 IRC (6GK7543-1MX00-0XE0) <V2.4.8
    affected: fixed in V2.4.8 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • syzkaller.appspot.com https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7e9494b8b399902e994e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Kernel

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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