CVE-2023-52591

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2024-03-06 Modified: 2026-10-30 First seen: 2026-10-30 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: reiserfs: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change The VFS will not be locking moved directory if its parent does not change. Change reiserfs rename code to avoid touching renamed directory if its parent does not change as without locking that can corrupt the filesystem.

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 9de2e9fcede300579b9b65139d669ccdc134a459
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 17e1361cb91dc1325834da95d2ab532959d2debc
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < c04c162f82ac403917780eb6d1654694455d4e7c
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 49db9b1b86a82448dfaf3fcfefcf678dee56c8ed
Linux Linux 2.6.12
linux linux_kernel < 6.6.16

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.24%
Raw Score 0.002400
Percentile 15.1%
Date 2026-10-30

EPSS Trend

2026-10-30
0.00240
2026-10-29
0.00240

Intelligence Sources

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