CVE-2023-4389

A flaw was found in btrfs_get_root_ref in fs/btrfs/disk-io.c in the btrfs filesystem in the Linux Kernel due to a double decrement of the reference count. This issue may allow a local attacker with user privilege to crash the system or may lead to leaked internal kernel information.

The affected code was not introduced into any kernel versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making this issue not applicable to these platforms.

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