{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-54313", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-30T12:06:44.531Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-30T12:23:44.484Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:59:33.173Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:59:33.173Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\novl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_get_acl_rcu()\n\nFollowing process:\n P1 P2\n path_openat\n link_path_walk\n may_lookup\n inode_permission(rcu)\n ovl_permission\n acl_permission_check\n check_acl\n get_cached_acl_rcu\n\t ovl_get_inode_acl\n\t realinode = ovl_inode_real(ovl_inode)\n\t drop_cache\n\t\t __dentry_kill(ovl_dentry)\n\t\t\t\tiput(ovl_inode)\n\t\t ovl_destroy_inode(ovl_inode)\n\t\t dput(oi->__upperdentry)\n\t\t dentry_kill(upperdentry)\n\t\t dentry_unlink_inode\n\t\t\t\t upperdentry->d_inode = NULL\n\t ovl_inode_upper\n\t upperdentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(ovl_inode)\n\t d_inode(upperdentry) // returns NULL\n\t IS_POSIXACL(realinode) // NULL pointer dereference\n, will trigger an null pointer dereference at realinode:\n [ 205.472797] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:\n 0000000000000028\n [ 205.476701] CPU: 2 PID: 2713 Comm: ls Not tainted\n 6.3.0-12064-g2edfa098e750-dirty #1216\n [ 205.478754] RIP: 0010:do_ovl_get_acl+0x5d/0x300\n [ 205.489584] Call Trace:\n [ 205.489812] \n [ 205.490014] ovl_get_inode_acl+0x26/0x30\n [ 205.490466] get_cached_acl_rcu+0x61/0xa0\n [ 205.490908] generic_permission+0x1bf/0x4e0\n [ 205.491447] ovl_permission+0x79/0x1b0\n [ 205.491917] inode_permission+0x15e/0x2c0\n [ 205.492425] link_path_walk+0x115/0x550\n [ 205.493311] path_lookupat.isra.0+0xb2/0x200\n [ 205.493803] filename_lookup+0xda/0x240\n [ 205.495747] vfs_fstatat+0x7b/0xb0\n\nFetch a reproducer in [Link].\n\nUse the helper ovl_i_path_realinode() to get realinode and then do\nnon-nullptr checking." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/overlayfs/inode.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "332f606b32b6291a944c8cf23b91f53a6e676525", "lessThan": "d97481c7b2739a704848bb3c01f224dc71bdf78e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "332f606b32b6291a944c8cf23b91f53a6e676525", "lessThan": "c4a5fb1ae5d3f02d3227afde2b9339994389463d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "332f606b32b6291a944c8cf23b91f53a6e676525", "lessThan": "d536af163c53ce9f9bcfe87d2e9946f06f1a7ea4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "332f606b32b6291a944c8cf23b91f53a6e676525", "lessThan": "f4e19e595cc2e76a8a58413eb19d3d9c51328b53", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/overlayfs/inode.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.15", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.121", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.4.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.121" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.40" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d97481c7b2739a704848bb3c01f224dc71bdf78e" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4a5fb1ae5d3f02d3227afde2b9339994389463d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d536af163c53ce9f9bcfe87d2e9946f06f1a7ea4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e19e595cc2e76a8a58413eb19d3d9c51328b53" } ], "title": "ovl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_get_acl_rcu()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }