fs/ntfs3: Add check for kmemdup
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add check for kmemdup Since the kmemdup may return NULL pointer, it should be better to add check for the return value in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00199 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.15.111, 6.1.28, 6.2.15 +2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.111, 6.1.28, 6.2.15, 6.3.2, 6.4
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-54248
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jf6q-v9m6-wc7j
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/952bbfcedbf895963509861e55a6e4fc105eb842
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7898db22ed6cee909513cf4935b5f9f0298b74f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f36704a58adade3b0216f8a3fa5503db4517208
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdcdfd57f4c701f832787da1309cc6687917d783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c3cef24cb0d045f99d5cb039b344874e3cfd74
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Sources
- CVE-2023-54248 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-54248 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jf6q-v9m6-wc7j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-54248 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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