# CVE-2023-3397: Kernel: slab-use-after-free write in txend due to race condition

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-01 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported

## Description

A race condition occurred between the functions lmLogClose and txEnd in JFS, in the Linux Kernel, executed in different threads. This flaw allows a local attacker with normal user privileges to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.

## What to do

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3397
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217271
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg4788636.html

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