CVE-2023-2269

MEDIUMNVD 4.45.5▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-04-25. NVD baseline CVSS 4.4; sources differ by 1.1.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 4.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.

CVSS v3
4.4
EG Score
5.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
25
EG Risk 25/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
11th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

April 25, 2023

Last Modified

October 8, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available.
genericMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 3508-1] linux security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 5480-1] linux security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 5448-1] linux security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448
generic

Re: Possible deadlock detected in Linux 6.2.0 in dm_get_inactive_table (dm-ioctl.c)

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZD1xyZxb3rHot8PV%40redhat.com/t/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: kernel-6.2.15-300.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXHBLWYNSUBS77TYPOJTADPDXKBH2F4U/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kernel-6.2.15-200.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FBLBKW2WM5YSTS6OGEU5SYHXSJ5EWSTV/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-6.2.15-100.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63AJUCJTZCII2JMAF7MGZEM66KY7IALT/
genericMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 3623-1] linux-5.10 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html

Patch Availability(19)

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.

Affected Packages

(6 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux4.19.118-1 ... 4.19.98-1~bpo9+1 (43 versions)
  • every version up to 4.19.289-1: fixed in 4.19.289-1
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linux-5.105.10.136-1~deb10u1 ... 5.10.179-5~deb10u1 (10 versions)
  • every version up to 5.10.197-1~deb10u1: fixed in 5.10.197-1~deb10u1
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (33 versions)
  • every version up to 5.10.191-1: fixed in 5.10.191-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.27-1
  • every version up to 6.1.37-1: fixed in 6.1.37-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 6.3.7-1: fixed in 6.3.7-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 6.3.7-1: fixed in 6.3.7-1
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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(16)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 194 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-09 20:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-08 22:25 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-08 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-08 21:30 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-08 21:30 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-08 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-08 17:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-2269?
CVE-2023-2269 is a medium vulnerability published on April 25, 2023. A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.
When was CVE-2023-2269 disclosed?
CVE-2023-2269 was first published on April 25, 2023, with the most recent update on October 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-2269 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-2269 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (11th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-2269?
CVE-2023-2269 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-2269?
A fix for CVE-2023-2269 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2023-2269 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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