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FKIE_CVE-2023-53786

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-09 01:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:46
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm flakey: fix a crash with invalid table line This command will crash with NULL pointer dereference: dmsetup create flakey --table \ "0 `blockdev --getsize /dev/ram0` flakey /dev/ram0 0 0 1 2 corrupt_bio_byte 512" Fix the crash by checking if arg_name is non-NULL before comparing it.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12849ed107c0b2869fb775c81208050899006f07
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/337b7af273562b73c46ef77a724604ad139ca762
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8258d84a7917aeece773716518deadb7ad776cb7
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83b4e3d878ea6be9aec1d5a1ab177c766c64d1a0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98dba02d9a93eec11bffbb93c7c51624290702d2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e3fffe02e05c05357af91364ac0fc1ed425b5b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb874a190f3f7c3c3fa5b979bee7a3b8cc3a19cc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f76fcb9d43ec014ac4a1bb983768696d5b032df9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f95cb1526669ccdf7eb12eefd57a893953e3595f
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndm flakey: fix a crash with invalid table line\n\nThis command will crash with NULL pointer dereference:\n dmsetup create flakey --table \\\n  \"0 `blockdev --getsize /dev/ram0` flakey /dev/ram0 0 0 1 2 corrupt_bio_byte 512\"\n\nFix the crash by checking if arg_name is non-NULL before comparing it."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2023-53786",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:46:04.290",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-09T01:16:49.930",
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}



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