CVE-2023-53457
Published: October 2, 2025Last modified: October 2, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: FS: JFS: Fix null-ptr-deref Read in txBegin Syzkaller reported an issue where txBegin may be called on a superblock in a read-only mounted filesystem which leads to NULL pointer deref. This could be solved by checking if the filesystem is read-only before calling txBegin, and returning with appropiate error code.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.42-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Not affected (6.6.89-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.6.58-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b4c144767736221cad92c132f72b3c6ed06a0ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a3f20efe6c901d4c0871cfd1d8c65e2ade71fc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e5eb6c5ecd8ddb9cfea751cf30f9e23eac97ca3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e94d0d378d2754b26fc54b429582553f7b53e15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47cfdc338d674d38f4b2f22b7612cc6a2763ba27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7225e9e09519deb7e0c42eb6070029cc456e84d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d17d6bd7cd4f6940b335ea7a6fce5b6d22adc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2db13fb72ff18c633a48229589d42ceb89d1f8