CVE-2023-53786

Linux kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.0%

Details

Status published
Products (28)
linux/Kernel 3.1.0 - 4.14.315linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.283linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.243linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.111linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.28linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.180linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.15linux
linux/Kernel 6.3.0 - 6.3.2linux
Linux/Linux < 3.1
Linux/Linux 3.1
... and 18 more
Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026