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CVE-2023-52804: fs/jfs: Add validity check for db_maxag and db_agpref

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.25% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 1f74d336990f37703a8eee77153463d65b67f70e, 2323de34a3ae61a9f9b544c18583f71cea86721f, 32bd8f1cbcf8b663e29dd1f908ba3a129541a11b.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1f74d336990f37703a8eee77153463d65b67f70e, 2323de34a3ae61a9f9b544c18583f71cea86721f, 32bd8f1cbcf8b663e29dd1f908ba3a129541a11b or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/jfs: Add validity check for db_maxag and db_agpref Both db_maxag and db_agpref are used as the index of the db_agfree array, but there is currently no validity check for db_maxag and db_agpref, which can lead to errors. The following is related bug reported by Syzbot: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:639:20 index 7936 is out of range for type 'atomic_t[128]' Add checking that the values of db_maxag and db_agpref are valid indexes for the db_agfree array.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 17th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.8
CNA · Linux
7.8
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 4.14.331
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.300
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.262
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.202
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.140
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.64
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.5.13
  • linux linux kernel6.6 and later · before 6.6.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.12affected
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before a0649e2dd4a3595b5595a29d0064d047c2fae2fbaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before ce15b0f1a431168f07b1cc6c9f71206a2db5c809affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 32bd8f1cbcf8b663e29dd1f908ba3a129541a11baffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before c6c8863fb3f57700ab583d875adda04caaf2278aaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 1f74d336990f37703a8eee77153463d65b67f70eaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 5013f8269887642cca784adc8db9b5f0b771533faffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before dca403bb035a565bb98ecc1dda5d30f676feda40affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 2323de34a3ae61a9f9b544c18583f71cea86721faffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 64933ab7b04881c6c18b21ff206c12278341c72eaffected · git

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.64-16.1.64-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.6.8-16.6.8-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52801May 21, 2024 · iommufd: Fix missing update of domains_itree after splitting iopt_area
    35Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52803May 21, 2024 · SUNRPC: Fix RPC client cleaned up the freed pipefs dentries
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-52805May 21, 2024 · jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in diAlloc
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1f74d336990f37703a8eee77153463d65b67f70eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux2323de34a3ae61a9f9b544c18583f71cea86721fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux32bd8f1cbcf8b663e29dd1f908ba3a129541a11bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5013f8269887642cca784adc8db9b5f0b771533fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux64933ab7b04881c6c18b21ff206c12278341c72eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa0649e2dd4a3595b5595a29d0064d047c2fae2fbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc6c8863fb3f57700ab583d875adda04caaf2278aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxce15b0f1a431168f07b1cc6c9f71206a2db5c809Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdca403bb035a565bb98ecc1dda5d30f676feda40Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.64-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2021-475483 days apartethernet: hisilicon: hns: hns_dsaf_misc: fix a possible array overflow in hns_dsaf_ge_srst_by_port()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-2008403 days apartKernel: udmabuf: improper validation of array index leading to local privilege escalation
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2023-527680 days apartwifi: wilc1000: use vmm_table as array in wilc struct
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-527990 days apartjfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in dbFindLeaf
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-528050 days apartjfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in diAlloc
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-528350 days apartperf/core: Bail out early if the request AUX area is out of bound
    31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-129 · Improper Validation of Array Index

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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