What is CVE-2023-54187?

CVE-2023-54187 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.19 onward and patched in 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112 and others. CVE-2023-54187 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-54187?

CVE-2023-54187 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54187?

Yes, CVE-2023-54187 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-54187 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-54187 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-54187

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential corruption when moving a directory F2FS has the same issue in ext4_rename causing crash revealed by xfstests/generic/707. See also commit 0813299c586b ("ext4: Fix possible corruption when moving a directory")

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-30

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3, 6.4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.19

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.243 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.180 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.112 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.29 6.1.x ✓ 6.2.16 6.2.x ✓ 6.3.3 6.3.x ✓ 6.4

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-54187 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a76082a4a32a90d1ef33dee8b400efc082b4b6f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e77036246123ff710fa2661dcaa12a45284f09b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a0b544b7caedfbc05065b6377fd1d8bf7ef5e70
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-54187?

CVE-2023-54187 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.19 onward and has been patched in 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112 and others. CVE-2023-54187 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54187?

Yes — CVE-2023-54187 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-54187 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-54187 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.