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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53457

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53457 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: FS: JFS: Fix null-ptr-deref Read in txBegin Syzkaller reported an issue where txBegin may be called on a superblock in a read-only mounted filesystem which leads to NULL pointer deref. This could be solved by checking if the filesystem is read-only before calling txBegin, and returning with appropiate error code.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux6.1.38-4, 0, 6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
Debian:11linux*, 5.10.120-1, 5.10.191-1
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 1, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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