Bug 2402201 (CVE-2023-53681) - CVE-2023-53681 kernel: bcache: Fix __bch_btree_node_alloc to make the failure behavior consistent
Summary: CVE-2023-53681 kernel: bcache: Fix __bch_btree_node_alloc to make the failure...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53681
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-07 16:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-11-26 12:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-07 16:02:32 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bcache: Fix __bch_btree_node_alloc to make the failure behavior consistent

In some specific situations, the return value of __bch_btree_node_alloc
may be NULL. This may lead to a potential NULL pointer dereference in
caller function like a calling chain :
btree_split->bch_btree_node_alloc->__bch_btree_node_alloc.

Fix it by initializing the return value in __bch_btree_node_alloc.


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