Bug 2273087 (CVE-2023-52641)

Summary:	CVE-2023-52641 kernel: fs/ntfs3: Add NULL ptr dereference checking at the end of attr_allocate_frame()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Robb Gatica <rgatica>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, aquini, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, esandeen, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.15.150, kernel 6.1.80, kernel 6.6.19, kernel 6.7.7, kernel 6.8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 filesystem (fs/ntfs3) involving a NULL pointer dereference in the attr_allocate_frame() function. This issue could cause system crashes or undefined behavior if a NULL pointer is encountered.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2024-04-22 10:04:22 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2273088
Bug Blocks:	2273079

Description Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 22:07:12 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Add NULL ptr dereference checking at the end of attr_allocate_frame()

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2023-52641 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024040357-CVE-2023-52641-1c18@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 22:07:48 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2273088]

Comment 6 Alex 2024-06-09 12:58:02 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2023-52641 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).