A flaw was found in the exFAT driver of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability exists in the implementation of the file name reconstruction function, which is responsible for reading file name entries from a directory index and merging file name parts belonging to one file into a single long file name. Since the file name characters are copied into a stack variable, a local privileged attacker could use this flaw to overflow the kernel stack.
CVE-2023-4273
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.7 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.7%, top 52% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.7
- EG Score
- 6.7(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 47.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 9, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (14)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4273
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2221609
- secalert@redhathttps://dfir.ru/2023/08/23/cve-2023-4273-a-vulnerability-in-the-linux-exfat-driver/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4273
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2221609
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dfir.ru/2023/08/23/cve-2023-4273-a-vulnerability-in-the-linux-exfat-driver/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/344H6HO6SSC4KT7PDFXSDIXKMKHISSGF/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TYLSJ2SAI7RF56ZLQ5CQWCJLVJSD73Q/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231027-0002/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-4273(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-tools-oem-22.04c (6.1.0.1021.21) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-oem-22.04b (6.0.0.1021.21) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.2.0.34.34) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-intel-iotg (5.15.0.1043.43) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.86.96~20.04.44) @ focal | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1040.38) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.86.83) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-nvidia-hwe-22.04-edge (6.2.0.1011.13) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-intel-iotg-edge (5.15.0.1043.49~20.04.33) @ focal | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | 2023-11-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-42732023-08-19
Kernel: exfat: stack overflow in exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry
- UbuntuUSN-6343-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6385-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6412-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6416-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6416-2MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6416-3MEDIUM
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6445-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6445-2MEDIUM
Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6466-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
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