FKIE_CVE-2023-53861

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-09 16:17 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:46
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: correct grp validation in ext4_mb_good_group Group corruption check will access memory of grp and will trigger kernel crash if grp is NULL. So do NULL check before corruption check.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245759d987b617d183061db6ab8886ebb5cc78e9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e24082f16825279054a2b8a5e668d65070bbf07
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/772ca4bc1d0d21320ef2ecc0f9e4f90ea85a035d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a9d5f5ec7e75640b1ba0bbd77a4888df798bb4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9ce5993a0f5c0887c8a1b4ffa3b8046fbcfdc93
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e69d665987db0e37896adf78a7e718f9a0a75d3f
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: correct grp validation in ext4_mb_good_group\n\nGroup corruption check will access memory of grp and will trigger kernel\ncrash if grp is NULL. So do NULL check before corruption check."
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  "id": "CVE-2023-53861",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:46:12.180",
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
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