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CVE-2023-53786 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm flakey: fix a crash with invalid table line This command will crash with NULL pointer dereference: dmsetup create flakey --table \ "0 `blockdev --getsize /dev/ram0` flakey /dev/ram0 0 0 1 2 corrupt_bio_byte 512" Fix the crash by checking if arg_name is non-NULL before comparing it.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12849ed107c0b2869fb775c81208050899006f07 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/337b7af273562b73c46ef77a724604ad139ca762 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8258d84a7917aeece773716518deadb7ad776cb7 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83b4e3d878ea6be9aec1d5a1ab177c766c64d1a0 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98dba02d9a93eec11bffbb93c7c51624290702d2 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e3fffe02e05c05357af91364ac0fc1ed425b5b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb874a190f3f7c3c3fa5b979bee7a3b8cc3a19cc kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f76fcb9d43ec014ac4a1bb983768696d5b032df9 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f95cb1526669ccdf7eb12eefd57a893953e3595f kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53786
NVD Published Date:
12/08/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/09/2025
Source:
kernel.org