CVE-2023-52448: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_rgrp_dump Syzkaller has reported a NULL pointer dereference when accessing rgd->rd_rgl in gfs2_rgrp_dump(). This can happen when creating rgd->rd_gl fails in read_rindex_entry(). Add a NULL pointer check in gfs2_rgrp_dump() to prevent that.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.20, before 5.4.268 (fixed in 5.4.268); from 5.5.0, before 5.10.209 (fixed in 5.10.209); from 5.11.0, before 5.15.148 (fixed in 5.15.148); from 5.16.0, before 6.1.75 (fixed in 6.1.75); from 6.2.0, before 6.6.14 (fixed in 6.6.14); from 6.7.0, before 6.7.2 (fixed in 6.7.2)

Published 2024-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.