CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-53681
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- Last modified
- 2026-10-28
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bcache: Fix __bch_btree_node_alloc to make the failure behavior consistent
In some specific situations, the return value of __bch_btree_node_alloc
may be NULL. This may lead to a potential NULL pointer dereference in
caller function like a calling chain :
btree_split->bch_btree_node_alloc->__bch_btree_node_alloc.
Fix it by initializing the return value in __bch_btree_node_alloc.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.10 < 4.19.291)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.253)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.188)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.121)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.39)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.4.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4514847aee18d9391a0cf3aad75d3567c72795a4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/587b4e8bb5dac682f09280ab35db4632b29d5ac4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ecea5ce3dc17339c280c75b58ac93d8c8620d9f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80fca8a10b604afad6c14213fdfd816c4eda3ee4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4405f6ee03323410d7b10966fd67b35f71b1944 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b070f29a61436f6f8a2e3abc7ea4f4be81695198 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f67b0e3081f2a24170280a33ac66f6b112083c03 Patch