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CVE-2023-54248

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Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c3cef24cb0d045f99d5cb039b344874e3cfd74

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdcdfd57f4c701f832787da1309cc6687917d783

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f36704a58adade3b0216f8a3fa5503db4517208

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/952bbfcedbf895963509861e55a6e4fc105eb842

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7898db22ed6cee909513cf4935b5f9f0298b74f0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-30

Updated: 2025-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018

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