{"cve":"CVE-2023-54313","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-30T13:16:20.540","modified":"2026-06-17T06:47:12.497","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\novl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_get_acl_rcu()\n\nFollowing process:\n         P1                     P2\n path_openat\n  link_path_walk\n   may_lookup\n    inode_permission(rcu)\n     ovl_permission\n      acl_permission_check\n       check_acl\n        get_cached_acl_rcu\n\t ovl_get_inode_acl\n\t  realinode = ovl_inode_real(ovl_inode)\n\t                      drop_cache\n\t\t               __dentry_kill(ovl_dentry)\n\t\t\t\tiput(ovl_inode)\n\t\t                 ovl_destroy_inode(ovl_inode)\n\t\t                  dput(oi->__upperdentry)\n\t\t                   dentry_kill(upperdentry)\n\t\t                    dentry_unlink_inode\n\t\t\t\t     upperdentry->d_inode = NULL\n\t    ovl_inode_upper\n\t     upperdentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(ovl_inode)\n\t     d_inode(upperdentry) // returns NULL\n\t  IS_POSIXACL(realinode) // NULL pointer dereference\n, will trigger an null pointer dereference at realinode:\n  [  205.472797] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:\n                 0000000000000028\n  [  205.476701] CPU: 2 PID: 2713 Comm: ls Not tainted\n                 6.3.0-12064-g2edfa098e750-dirty #1216\n  [  205.478754] RIP: 0010:do_ovl_get_acl+0x5d/0x300\n  [  205.489584] Call Trace:\n  [  205.489812]  <TASK>\n  [  205.490014]  ovl_get_inode_acl+0x26/0x30\n  [  205.490466]  get_cached_acl_rcu+0x61/0xa0\n  [  205.490908]  generic_permission+0x1bf/0x4e0\n  [  205.491447]  ovl_permission+0x79/0x1b0\n  [  205.491917]  inode_permission+0x15e/0x2c0\n  [  205.492425]  link_path_walk+0x115/0x550\n  [  205.493311]  path_lookupat.isra.0+0xb2/0x200\n  [  205.493803]  filename_lookup+0xda/0x240\n  [  205.495747]  vfs_fstatat+0x7b/0xb0\n\nFetch a reproducer in [Link].\n\nUse the helper ovl_i_path_realinode() to get realinode and then do\nnon-nullptr checking.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4a5fb1ae5d3f02d3227afde2b9339994389463d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d536af163c53ce9f9bcfe87d2e9946f06f1a7ea4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d97481c7b2739a704848bb3c01f224dc71bdf78e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e19e595cc2e76a8a58413eb19d3d9c51328b53"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54313","score":0.00194,"percentile":0.0914,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}