High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-53569
CVE-2023-53569
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext2: Check block size validity during mount
Check that log of block size stored in the superblock has sensible value. Otherwise the shift computing the block size can overflow leading to undefined behavior.
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Affected products
9(expand)+ 7 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 2.6.12
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.12.1,<4.14.316
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ebfaf14150f55550cffb1148ed3920143c7a69cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/22ab5fed07ad4b206ea910fd0132d1a0d4831584nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/451b98155be5dfee05bc6e7c8b30c0be4add3f71nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62aeb94433fcec80241754b70d0d1836d5926b0anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/99f8a15af6c9f0653193104a9e70891f950c6001nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2e7776843a953fd7e48895c3880c277f996193envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4813f858e5c3e4c4659ce95385c1c400c593e1envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6f4fb28890c1361e0db9eb1adee3fc04e7fe7f5nvdPatch
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