CVE-2023-53626 (GCVE-0-2023-53626)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-07 15:19 – Updated: 2025-10-07 15:19
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Title
ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory
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No CVSS data available.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 8dac5a63cf79707b547ea3d425fead5f4482198f , < c16cbd8233d6c58fc488545393e49b5d55729990 (git)
Affected: 0c440f14558bfacd22c6935ae1fd4b2a09e96b5d , < 020166bc6669ca9fb267ebd96bd88c4fb64a5d46 (git)
Affected: c50fc503ee1b97f12c98e26afc39fdaebebcf04f , < 1c93c42c7bb23057bde8a0a2ab834927ff64d20c (git)
Affected: b0bb13612292ca90fa4c2a7e425375649bc50d3e , < e71eb4dca41f0f36823724ced0406bb2dbdd5506 (git)
Affected: 291cd19d107e197306869cb3237c1bba62d13182 , < 43ce288ab5d7274a4a141d7f5e3ed2ab7b41f8a2 (git)
Affected: 0813299c586b175d7edb25f56412c54b812d0379 , < 70e42feab2e20618ddd0cbfc4ab4b08628236ecd (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.4.237 , < 5.4.238 (semver)
Affected: 5.10.175 , < 5.10.176 (semver)
Affected: 5.15.103 , < 5.15.104 (semver)
Affected: 6.1.20 , < 6.1.21 (semver)
Affected: 6.2.7 , < 6.2.8 (semver)
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