In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm flakey: fix a crash with invalid table line
This command will crash with NULL pointer dereference:
dmsetup create flakey --table \
"0 `blockdev --getsize /dev/ram0` flakey /dev/ram0 0 0 1 2 corrupt_bio_byte 512"
Fix the crash by checking if arg_name is non-NULL before comparing it.
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Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:30:00 +0000
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-12-09T00:00:41.426Z
Updated: 2025-12-09T00:00:41.426Z
Reserved: 2025-12-08T23:58:35.273Z
Link: CVE-2023-53786
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-12-09T01:16:49.930
Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640
Link: CVE-2023-53786