# CVE-2023-53380: md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref of mreplace in raid10\_sync\_request

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.20

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref of mreplace in raid10_sync_request There are two check of 'mreplace' in raid10_sync_request(). In the first check, 'need_replace' will be set and 'mreplace' will be used later if no-Faulty 'mreplace' exists, In the second check, 'mreplace' will be set to NULL if it is Faulty, but 'need_replace' will not be changed accordingly. null-ptr-deref occurs if Faulty is set between two check. Fix it by merging two checks into one. And replace 'need_replace' with 'mreplace' because their values are always the same.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45fa023b3334a7ae6f6c4eb977295804222dfa28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2990e2ece18dd4cca71b3109c80517ad94adb065
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4368a462b1f9a8ecc2fdb09a28c3d4cad302a4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/222cc459d59857ee28a5366dc225ab42b22f9272
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5015b97adda6a24dd3e713c63e521ecbeff25c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144c7fd008e0072b0b565f1157eec618de54ca8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34817a2441747b48e444cb0e05d84e14bc9443da

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