CVE-2023-53683CWE-617

CVE-2023-53683

High · published October 7, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00153 · 4.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion
Published
2025-10-07T20:15Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.14.303, < 4.14.3164.14.316
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.19.270, < 4.19.2844.19.284
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.4.229, < 5.4.2445.4.244
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.10.163, < 5.10.1815.10.181
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15.87, < 5.15.1135.15.113
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.306.1.30
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.3.46.3.4
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 OCT 15:21Z
    fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()
    cvelistv5