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CVE-2023-53292

blk-mq: fix NULL dereference on q->elevator in blk_mq_elv_switch_none

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.1.175, 6.4.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: fix NULL dereference on q->elevator in blk_mq_elv_switch_none After grabbing q->sysfs_lock, q->elevator may become NULL because of elevator switch. Fix the NULL dereference on q->elevator by checking it with lock.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 5fd7a84a09e640016fe106dd3e992f5210e23dc7 · fixed in 988ddb77218d3975dd13dee7bb0e1fae098a9fdb; From 5fd7a84a09e640016fe106dd3e992f5210e23dc7 · fixed in 3e977386521b71471e66ec2ba82efdfcc456adf2; From 5fd7a84a09e640016fe106dd3e992f5210e23dc7 · fixed in 245165658e1c9f95c0fecfe02b9b1ebd30a1198a

  • Linux Linux

    5.19

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.19.0 · fixed in 6.1.175; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.4.7

References 3

git.kernel.org