Medium
Security advisory
A use after free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw could allow a local user to cause a denial of service problem.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-2985
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 18:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A use after free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw could allow a local user to cause a denial of service problem.
osv:CVE-2023-2985
Complete source record
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