CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-53732
- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- Last modified
- 2026-10-28
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL dereference in ni_write_inode
Syzbot reports a NULL dereference in ni_write_inode.
When creating a new inode, if allocation fails in mi_init function
(called in mi_format_new function), mi->mrec is set to NULL.
In the error path of this inode creation, mi->mrec is later
dereferenced in ni_write_inode.
Add a NULL check to prevent NULL dereference.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dae4f6341e335a09575be60b4fdf697c732a470 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1135fbaf8ebef93df326761ac70ebcc3c2e3d63 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3152afc0eb864f7c6ecad134a15b577ef7aec77 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b74482529516477cf7b12502538e51827c699f git.kernel.org