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CVE-2023-26606

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is a use-after-free in ntfs_trim_fs in fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.15 before 5.15.86; from 5.16 before 6.0.16; from 6.1 before 6.1.2 — fixed in 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=557d19675a470bb0a98beccec38c5dc3735c20fa
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/2/20/860
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0010/
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=557d19675a470bb0a98beccec38c5dc3735c20fa
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/2/20/860
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0010/

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