linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix null-ptr-deref on inode->i_op in n...
CVE-2023-53294 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-184, released May 25, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix null-ptr-deref on inode->i_op in ntfs_lookup() Syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref bug: ntfs3: loop0: Different NTFS' sector size (1024) and media sector size (512) ntfs3: loop0: Mark volume as dirty due to NTFS errors general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] RIP: 0010:d_flags_for_inode fs/dcache.c:1980 [inline] RIP: 0010:__d_add+0x5ce/0x800 fs/dcache.c:2796 Call Trace: <TASK> d_splice_alias+0x122/0x3b0 fs/dcache.c:3191 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3391 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3481 [inline] path_openat+0x10e6/0x2df0 fs/namei.c:3688 do_filp_open+0x264/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:3718 do_sys_openat2+0x124/0x4e0 fs/open.c:1310 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1326 [inline] __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1334 [inline] __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1330 [inline] __x64_sys_open+0x221/0x270 fs/open.c:1330 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd If the MFT record of ntfs inode is not a base record, inode->i_op can be NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen: ntfs_lookup() dir_search_u() # inode->i_op is set to NULL d_splice_alias() __d_add() d_flags_for_inode() # inode->i_op->get_link null-ptr-deref Fix this by adding a Check on inode->i_op before calling the d_splice_alias() function.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| bpftool · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-devel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-headers · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.1.29-47.49 · amzn 2023 | 1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-tools · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.37-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53294 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53294 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 6.3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53294 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| perf · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| python3-perf · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
| python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-184 | May 25, 2023 |
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