CVE-2023-53861

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53861
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53861.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53861
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-12-09T01:30:29.423Z
Modified
2026-03-31T17:30:02.763240897Z
Summary
ext4: correct grp validation in ext4_mb_good_group
Details

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

ext4: correct grp validation in ext4mbgood_group

Group corruption check will access memory of grp and will trigger kernel crash if grp is NULL. So do NULL check before corruption check.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53861.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
100c0ad6c04597fefeaaba2bb1827cc015d95067
Fixed
245759d987b617d183061db6ab8886ebb5cc78e9
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
620a3c28221bb219b81bc0bffd065cc187494302
Fixed
3e24082f16825279054a2b8a5e668d65070bbf07
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b4319e457d6e3fb33e443efeaf4634fc36e8a9ed
Fixed
772ca4bc1d0d21320ef2ecc0f9e4f90ea85a035d
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5354b2af34064a4579be8bc0e2f15a7b70f14b5f
Fixed
83a9d5f5ec7e75640b1ba0bbd77a4888df798bb4
Fixed
e69d665987db0e37896adf78a7e718f9a0a75d3f
Fixed
a9ce5993a0f5c0887c8a1b4ffa3b8046fbcfdc93
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
31668cebf45adfb6283e465e641c4f5a21b07afa

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53861.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.195
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.132
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.53
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.4.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.4.0
Fixed
6.5.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53861.json"