CVE-2023-2985

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use after free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw could allow a local user to cause a denial of service problem.

Affected products

Linux kernel: before 6.3 — fixed in 6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07db5e247ab5858439b14dd7cc1fe538b9efcf32
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07db5e247ab5858439b14dd7cc1fe538b9efcf32

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