CVE-2023-53260— ovl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_permission()
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53260
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
ovl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_permission()
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_permission() Following process: P1 P2 path_lookupat link_path_walk inode_permission ovl_permission ovl_i_path_real(inode, &realpath) path->dentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode) drop_cache __dentry_kill(ovl_dentry) iput(ovl_inode) ovl_destroy_inode(ovl_inode) dput(oi->__upperdentry) dentry_kill(upperdentry) dentry_unlink_inode upperdentry->d_inode = NULL realinode = d_inode(realpath.dentry) // return NULL inode_permission(realinode) inode->i_sb // NULL pointer dereference , will trigger an null pointer dereference at realinode: [ 335.664979] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000002 [ 335.668032] CPU: 0 PID: 2592 Comm: ls Not tainted 6.3.0 [ 335.669956] RIP: 0010:inode_permission+0x33/0x2c0 [ 335.678939] Call Trace: [ 335.679165] <TASK> [ 335.679371] ovl_permission+0xde/0x320 [ 335.679723] inode_permission+0x15e/0x2c0 [ 335.680090] link_path_walk+0x115/0x550 [ 335.680771] path_lookupat.isra.0+0xb2/0x200 [ 335.681170] filename_lookup+0xda/0x240 [ 335.681922] vfs_statx+0xa6/0x1f0 [ 335.682233] vfs_fstatat+0x7b/0xb0 Fetch a reproducer in [Link]. Use the helper ovl_i_path_realinode() to get realinode and then do non-nullptr checking.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ovl_permission函数中存在空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-09-15 · 210 CVEs total
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| CVE-2023-53232 | mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic by accessing unallocated eeprom.data | |
| CVE-2023-53233 | net/smc: fix deadlock triggered by cancel_delayed_work_syn() | |
| CVE-2023-53234 | watchdog: Fix kmemleak in watchdog_cdev_register | |
| CVE-2023-53235 | drm/tests: helpers: Avoid a driver uaf | |
| CVE-2023-53236 | iommufd: Do not corrupt the pfn list when doing batch carry | |
| CVE-2023-53237 | drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_irq_put call trace in gmc_v11_0_hw_fini | |
| CVE-2023-53238 | phy: hisilicon: Fix an out of bounds check in hisi_inno_phy_probe() | |
| CVE-2023-53239 | drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc | |
| CVE-2023-53240 | xsk: check IFF_UP earlier in Tx path | |
| CVE-2023-53241 | nfsd: call op_release, even when op_func returns an error | |
| CVE-2023-53242 | thermal/drivers/hisi: Drop second sensor hi3660 | |
| CVE-2022-50291 | kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_psock | |
| CVE-2022-50302 | lockd: set other missing fields when unlocking files | |
| CVE-2022-50299 | md: Replace snprintf with scnprintf | |
| CVE-2022-50300 | btrfs: fix extent map use-after-free when handling missing device in read_one_chunk | |
| CVE-2022-50301 | iommu/omap: Fix buffer overflow in debugfs | |
| CVE-2022-50298 | slimbus: qcom-ngd: cleanup in probe error path | |
| CVE-2022-50303 | drm/amdkfd: Fix double release compute pasid |
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