{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-53260", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:19:21.850Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:46:31.919Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-09-15T14:46:31.919Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-09-15T14:46:31.919Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\novl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_permission()\n\nFollowing process:\n P1 P2\n path_lookupat\n link_path_walk\n inode_permission\n ovl_permission\n ovl_i_path_real(inode, &realpath)\n path->dentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode)\n drop_cache\n\t\t\t __dentry_kill(ovl_dentry)\n\t\t iput(ovl_inode)\n\t\t ovl_destroy_inode(ovl_inode)\n\t\t dput(oi->__upperdentry)\n\t\t dentry_kill(upperdentry)\n\t\t dentry_unlink_inode\n\t\t\t\t upperdentry->d_inode = NULL\n realinode = d_inode(realpath.dentry) // return NULL\n inode_permission(realinode)\n inode->i_sb // NULL pointer dereference\n, will trigger an null pointer dereference at realinode:\n [ 335.664979] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference,\n address: 0000000000000002\n [ 335.668032] CPU: 0 PID: 2592 Comm: ls Not tainted 6.3.0\n [ 335.669956] RIP: 0010:inode_permission+0x33/0x2c0\n [ 335.678939] Call Trace:\n [ 335.679165] <TASK>\n [ 335.679371] ovl_permission+0xde/0x320\n [ 335.679723] inode_permission+0x15e/0x2c0\n [ 335.680090] link_path_walk+0x115/0x550\n [ 335.680771] path_lookupat.isra.0+0xb2/0x200\n [ 335.681170] filename_lookup+0xda/0x240\n [ 335.681922] vfs_statx+0xa6/0x1f0\n [ 335.682233] vfs_fstatat+0x7b/0xb0\n\nFetch a reproducer in [Link].\n\nUse the helper ovl_i_path_realinode() to get realinode and then do\nnon-nullptr checking."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/overlayfs/inode.c"], "versions": [{"version": "4b7791b2e95805eaa9568761741d33cf929c930c", "lessThan": "53dd2ca2c02fdcfe3aad2345091d371063f97d17", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "4b7791b2e95805eaa9568761741d33cf929c930c", "lessThan": "69f9ae7edf9ec0ff500429101923347fcba5c8c4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "4b7791b2e95805eaa9568761741d33cf929c930c", "lessThan": "1a73f5b8f079fd42a544c1600beface50c63af7c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/overlayfs/inode.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.19", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.19", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.43", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.4.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.43"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dd2ca2c02fdcfe3aad2345091d371063f97d17"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f9ae7edf9ec0ff500429101923347fcba5c8c4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a73f5b8f079fd42a544c1600beface50c63af7c"}], "title": "ovl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_permission()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\novl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_permission()\n\nFollowing process:\n P1 P2\n path_lookupat\n link_path_walk\n inode_permission\n ovl_permission\n ovl_i_path_real(inode, &realpath)\n path->dentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode)\n drop_cache\n\t\t\t __dentry_kill(ovl_dentry)\n\t\t iput(ovl_inode)\n\t\t ovl_destroy_inode(ovl_inode)\n\t\t dput(oi->__upperdentry)\n\t\t dentry_kill(upperdentry)\n\t\t dentry_unlink_inode\n\t\t\t\t upperdentry->d_inode = NULL\n realinode = d_inode(realpath.dentry) // return NULL\n inode_permission(realinode)\n inode->i_sb // NULL pointer dereference\n, will trigger an null pointer dereference at realinode:\n [ 335.664979] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference,\n address: 0000000000000002\n [ 335.668032] CPU: 0 PID: 2592 Comm: ls Not tainted 6.3.0\n [ 335.669956] RIP: 0010:inode_permission+0x33/0x2c0\n [ 335.678939] Call Trace:\n [ 335.679165] <TASK>\n [ 335.679371] ovl_permission+0xde/0x320\n [ 335.679723] inode_permission+0x15e/0x2c0\n [ 335.680090] link_path_walk+0x115/0x550\n [ 335.680771] path_lookupat.isra.0+0xb2/0x200\n [ 335.681170] filename_lookup+0xda/0x240\n [ 335.681922] vfs_statx+0xa6/0x1f0\n [ 335.682233] vfs_fstatat+0x7b/0xb0\n\nFetch a reproducer in [Link].\n\nUse the helper ovl_i_path_realinode() to get realinode and then do\nnon-nullptr checking."}], "id": "CVE-2023-53260", "lastModified": "2025-09-15T15:22:27.090", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-09-15T15:15:53.430", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a73f5b8f079fd42a544c1600beface50c63af7c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dd2ca2c02fdcfe3aad2345091d371063f97d17"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f9ae7edf9ec0ff500429101923347fcba5c8c4"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

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