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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-10-22 | Published 2025-10-22 | Updated 2025-10-30 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e (git) before d4b74482529516477cf7b12502538e51827c699f
affected

4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e (git) before b3152afc0eb864f7c6ecad134a15b577ef7aec77
affected

4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e (git) before b1135fbaf8ebef93df326761ac70ebcc3c2e3d63
affected

4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e (git) before 8dae4f6341e335a09575be60b4fdf697c732a470
affected

Default status
affected

5.15
affected

Any version before 5.15
unaffected

5.15.113 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.81 (semver)
unaffected

6.3.4 (semver)
unaffected

6.4 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/d4b74482529516477cf7b12502538e51827c699f

git.kernel.org/...c/b3152afc0eb864f7c6ecad134a15b577ef7aec77

git.kernel.org/...c/b1135fbaf8ebef93df326761ac70ebcc3c2e3d63

git.kernel.org/...c/8dae4f6341e335a09575be60b4fdf697c732a470

cve.org (CVE-2023-53732)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53732)

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