CVE-2023-4394: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use-after-free flaw was found in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path in fs/btrfs/volumes.c in btrfs file-system in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with special privileges to cause a system crash or leak internal kernel information

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 6.0 (fixed in 6.0); version 6.0 only

Published 2023-08-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.