CVE-2023-53766
Not scored
FS: JFS: Check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: FS: JFS: Check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin This patch adds a check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin before starting a transaction potentially saving from NULL pointer deref.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 8, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2007 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53766
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: FS: JFS: Check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin This patch adds a check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin before starting a transaction potentially saving from NULL pointer deref.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a8807f9f511c64de0c7cc9900a1683e3d72a3e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2febd5f81e4bfba61d9f374dcca628aff374cc56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c094ca994824e038b6a97835ded4e5d1d808504
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95e2b352c03b0a86c5717ba1d24ea20969abcacc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97c1f26e4d4af55e8584e4646dd5c5fa7baf62c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88efca805bea93cea9187dfd00835aa7093bf1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa7cdf487ab3fa47284daaccc3d7d5de01c6a84c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0ed8ed0428ee96092da6fefa5cfacbe4abed701
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53766.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53766