CVE-2023-53681 (GCVE-0-2023-53681)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-07 15:21
Modified
2025-10-07 15:21
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: cafe563591446cf80bfbc2fe3bc72a2e36cf1060 Version: cafe563591446cf80bfbc2fe3bc72a2e36cf1060 Version: cafe563591446cf80bfbc2fe3bc72a2e36cf1060 Version: cafe563591446cf80bfbc2fe3bc72a2e36cf1060 Version: cafe563591446cf80bfbc2fe3bc72a2e36cf1060 Version: cafe563591446cf80bfbc2fe3bc72a2e36cf1060 Version: cafe563591446cf80bfbc2fe3bc72a2e36cf1060 |
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