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CVE-2023-53732

kernel: fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL dereference in ni_write_inode

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Severity

Unknown

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CVSS

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Published · October 22, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL dereference in ni_write_inode

Syzbot reports a NULL dereference in ni_write_inode. When creating a new inode, if allocation fails in mi_init function (called in mi_format_new function), mi->mrec is set to NULL. In the error path of this inode creation, mi->mrec is later dereferenced in ni_write_inode.

Add a NULL check to prevent NULL dereference.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified