{"id":"CVE-2023-52604","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-52604","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:10:36.941Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: FS:JFS:UBSAN:array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree Syzkaller reported the following issue: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2867:6 index 196694 is out of range for…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nFS:JFS:UBSAN:array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree\n\nSyzkaller reported the following issue:\n\nUBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2867:6\nindex 196694 is out of range for type 's8[1365]' (aka 'signed char[1365]')\nCPU: 1 PID: 109 Comm: jfsCommit Not tainted 6.6.0-rc3-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/04/2023\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106\n ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline]\n __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x11c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348\n dbAdjTree+0x474/0x4f0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2867\n dbJoin+0x210/0x2d0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2834\n dbFreeBits+0x4eb/0xda0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2331\n dbFreeDmap fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2080 [inline]\n dbFree+0x343/0x650 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:402\n txFreeMap+0x798/0xd50 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2534\n txUpdateMap+0x342/0x9e0\n txLazyCommit fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2664 [inline]\n jfs_lazycommit+0x47a/0xb70 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2732\n kthread+0x2d3/0x370 kernel/kthread.c:388\n ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:304\n </TASK>\n================================================================================\nKernel panic - not syncing: UBSAN: panic_on_warn set ...\nCPU: 1 PID: 109 Comm: jfsCommit Not tainted 6.6.0-rc3-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/04/2023\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106\n panic+0x30f/0x770 kernel/panic.c:340\n check_panic_on_warn+0x82/0xa0 kernel/panic.c:236\n ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:223 [inline]\n __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x13c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348\n dbAdjTree+0x474/0x4f0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2867\n dbJoin+0x210/0x2d0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2834\n dbFreeBits+0x4eb/0xda0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2331\n dbFreeDmap fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:2080 [inline]\n dbFree+0x343/0x650 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:402\n txFreeMap+0x798/0xd50 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2534\n txUpdateMap+0x342/0x9e0\n txLazyCommit fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2664 [inline]\n jfs_lazycommit+0x47a/0xb70 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:2732\n kthread+0x2d3/0x370 kernel/kthread.c:388\n ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:304\n </TASK>\nKernel Offset: disabled\nRebooting in 86400 seconds..\n\nThe issue is caused when the value of lp becomes greater than\nCTLTREESIZE which is the max size of stree. Adding a simple check\nsolves this issue.\n\nDave:\nAs the function returns a void, good error handling\nwould require a more intrusive code reorganization, so I modified\nOsama's patch at use WARN_ON_ONCE for lack of a cleaner option.\n\nThe patch is tested via syzbot.","published":"2024-03-06T07:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-04T10:18:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-129"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00251,"percentile":0.16373,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42f433785f108893de0dd5260bafb85d7d51db03","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59342822276f753e49d27ef5eebffbba990572b9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a44065dd604972ec1fbcccbdc4a70d266a89cdd","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe8b702125aeee6ce83f20092a2341446704e7b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9862ec7ac1cbc6eb5ee4a045b5d5b8edbb2f7e68","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98f9537fe61b8382b3cc5dd97347531698517c56","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de34de6e57bbbc868e4fcf9e98c76b3587cabb0b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e95c6850661c77e6dab079d9b5374a618ebb15","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42f433785f108893de0dd5260bafb85d7d51db03","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59342822276f753e49d27ef5eebffbba990572b9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a44065dd604972ec1fbcccbdc4a70d266a89cdd","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe8b702125aeee6ce83f20092a2341446704e7b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9862ec7ac1cbc6eb5ee4a045b5d5b8edbb2f7e68","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98f9537fe61b8382b3cc5dd97347531698517c56","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de34de6e57bbbc868e4fcf9e98c76b3587cabb0b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e95c6850661c77e6dab079d9b5374a618ebb15","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52604","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}