CVE-2023-53766 (GCVE-0-2023-53766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 01:19 – Updated: 2025-12-08 01:19
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Title
FS: JFS: Check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: FS: JFS: Check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin This patch adds a check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin before starting a transaction potentially saving from NULL pointer deref.
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Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < a88efca805bea93cea9187dfd00835aa7093bf1b (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 97c1f26e4d4af55e8584e4646dd5c5fa7baf62c7 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 2a8807f9f511c64de0c7cc9900a1683e3d72a3e5 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 5c094ca994824e038b6a97835ded4e5d1d808504 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 2febd5f81e4bfba61d9f374dcca628aff374cc56 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < aa7cdf487ab3fa47284daaccc3d7d5de01c6a84c (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < b0ed8ed0428ee96092da6fefa5cfacbe4abed701 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 95e2b352c03b0a86c5717ba1d24ea20969abcacc (git)
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    Linux Linux Unaffected: 4.14.324 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.293 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.255 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.192 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.123 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.42 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.7 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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