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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2023-52436 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: explicitly null-terminate the xattr list When setting an xattr, explicitly null-terminate the xattr list. This eliminates the fragile assumption that the unused xattr space is always zeroed.

[NVD] CVE-2023-52436 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: explicitly null-terminate the xattr list When setting an xattr, explicitly null-terminate the xattr list. This eliminates the fragile assumption that the unused xattr space is always zeroed.

lownvdPublished 2024-02-20

CVE-2023-52436 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2024-02-20T21:15:08.060

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: explicitly null-terminate the xattr list

When setting an xattr, explicitly null-terminate the xattr list. This eliminates the fragile assumption that the unused xattr space is always zeroed.

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52436