Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2023-53732
CVE-2023-53732
Description
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.
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