# jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree

CVE record · `CVE-2023-52601`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-52601`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-129](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-129](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-129.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 Mar 2024, 06:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 3d3898b4d72c677d47fe3cb554449f2df5c12555` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 3f8217c323fd6ecd6829a0c3ae7ac3f14eac368e` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 2037cb9d95f1741885f7daf50e8a028c4ade5317` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 8393c80cce45f40c1256d72e21ad351b3650c57e` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 70780914cb57e2ba711e0ac1b677aaaa75103603` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 2e16a1389b5a7983b45cb2aa20b0e3f0ee364d6c` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before fc67a2e18f4c4e3f07e9f9ae463da24530470e73` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 74ecdda68242b174920fe7c6133a856fb7d8559b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `4.19.307 to 4.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.269 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.210 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.149 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.77 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.16 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.7.4 to 6.7.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.8 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux) (used for this record)
- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0025, the 16th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 6 Mar 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-52601](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52601)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-52601](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52601)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d3898b4d72c677d47fe3cb554449f2df5c12555>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8217c323fd6ecd6829a0c3ae7ac3f14eac368e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2037cb9d95f1741885f7daf50e8a028c4ade5317>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8393c80cce45f40c1256d72e21ad351b3650c57e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70780914cb57e2ba711e0ac1b677aaaa75103603>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e16a1389b5a7983b45cb2aa20b0e3f0ee364d6c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc67a2e18f4c4e3f07e9f9ae463da24530470e73>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ecdda68242b174920fe7c6133a856fb7d8559b>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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