{"id":"CVE-2023-53732","summary":"fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL dereference in ni_write_inode","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Fix NULL dereference in ni_write_inode\n\nSyzbot reports a NULL dereference in ni_write_inode.\nWhen creating a new inode, if allocation fails in mi_init function\n(called in mi_format_new function), mi-\u003emrec is set to NULL.\nIn the error path of this inode creation, mi-\u003emrec is later\ndereferenced in ni_write_inode.\n\nAdd a NULL check to prevent NULL dereference.","modified":"2026-04-02T09:45:01.403666Z","published":"2025-10-22T13:23:59.630Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53732.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dae4f6341e335a09575be60b4fdf697c732a470"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1135fbaf8ebef93df326761ac70ebcc3c2e3d63"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3152afc0eb864f7c6ecad134a15b577ef7aec77"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b74482529516477cf7b12502538e51827c699f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53732.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53732"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e"},{"fixed":"d4b74482529516477cf7b12502538e51827c699f"},{"fixed":"b3152afc0eb864f7c6ecad134a15b577ef7aec77"},{"fixed":"b1135fbaf8ebef93df326761ac70ebcc3c2e3d63"},{"fixed":"8dae4f6341e335a09575be60b4fdf697c732a470"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53732.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.15.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.113"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.81"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.3.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53732.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}