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GHSA-JM7J-XGRW-FV67

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-30 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-30 15:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in ni_clear()

In a previous commit c1006bd13146, ni->mi.mrec in ni_write_inode() could be NULL, and thus a NULL check is added for this variable.

However, in the same call stack, ni->mi.mrec can be also dereferenced in ni_clear():

ntfs_evict_inode(inode) ni_write_inode(inode, ...) ni = ntfs_i(inode); is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> Add a NULL check by previous commit ni_clear(ntfs_i(inode)) is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> No check

Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may exist in ni_clear(). To fix it, a NULL check is added in this function.

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CVE-2023-54272 (GCVE-0-2023-54272)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:16 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:16

Title

fs/ntfs3: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in ni_clear()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in ni_clear() In a previous commit c1006bd13146, ni->mi.mrec in ni_write_inode() could be NULL, and thus a NULL check is added for this variable. However, in the same call stack, ni->mi.mrec can be also dereferenced in ni_clear(): ntfs_evict_inode(inode) ni_write_inode(inode, ...) ni = ntfs_i(inode); is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> Add a NULL check by previous commit ni_clear(ntfs_i(inode)) is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> No check Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may exist in ni_clear(). To fix it, a NULL check is added in this function.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20f9bfc664d6a478f…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c6312009574ca73…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7675f85a92233136…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec275bf9693d19cc0…

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Version

Linux

Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 20f9bfc664d6a478f9a5bbc0c380f80f7a1a06c6 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 39c6312009574ca73865354133ca222e7753a71b (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e7675f85a92233136c630000a0b7cf97826705da (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < ec275bf9693d19cc0fdce8436f4c425ced86f6e7 (git)

Linux

Unaffected: 5.15.113 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.81 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.4 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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