CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-53681

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-10-07 Modified 2026-10-28 Official page ↗
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