CVE-2023-53210

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5-cache: fix null-ptr-deref for r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid() r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid() will check if the list 'flushing_ios' is empty, and then submit 'flush_bio', however, r5l_log_flush_endio() is clearing the list first and then clear the bio, which will cause null-ptr-deref: T1: submit flush io raid5d handle_active_stripes r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid // list is empty // add 'io_end_ios' to the list bio_init submit_bio // io1 T2: io1 is done r5l_log_flush_endio list_splice_tail_init // clear the list T3: submit new flush io ... r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid // list is empty // add 'io_end_ios' to the list bio_init bio_uninit // clear bio->bi_blkg submit_bio // null-ptr-deref Fix this problem by clearing bio before clearing the list in r5l_log_flush_endio().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 - 0d0bd28c500173bfca78aa840f8f36d261ef1765
Linux/Linux 0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 - 711fb92606208a8626b785da4f9f23d648a5b6c8
Linux/Linux 0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 - 7a8b6d93991bf4b72b3f959baea35397c6c8e521
Linux/Linux 0dd00cba99c352dc9afd62979f350d808c215cb9 - e46b2e7be8059d156af8c011dd8d665229b65886
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.1.53 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.16 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5.3 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux 6.6
... and 1 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026