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Linux Linux — ocfs2: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0017 6.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c – —
Linux 2.6.16 – 6.7.4
TIMELINE
Mar 2 Reserved by Linux
Mar 6 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-52590 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change
The VFS will not be locking moved directory if its parent does not
change. Change ocfs2 rename code to avoid touching renamed directory if
its parent does not change as without locking that can corrupt the
filesystem.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| March 2, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| March 6, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-52590 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.16 | 6.7.4 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2023-52590 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.