CVE-2023-53380 md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref of mreplace in raid10_sync_request

What is CVE-2023-53380?

CVE-2023-53380 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref of mreplace in raid10_sync_request

There are two check of 'mreplace' in raid10_sync_request(). In the first check, 'need_replace' will be set and 'mreplace' will be used later if no-Faulty 'mreplace' exists, In the second check, 'mreplace' will be set to NULL if it is Faulty, but 'need_replace' will not be changed accordingly. null-ptr-deref occurs if Faulty is set between two check.

Fix it by merging two checks into one. And replace 'need_replace' with 'mreplace' because their values are always the same.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53380?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53380?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-53380 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53380, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53380, GHSA-9g3f-fgm8-4cgm, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53380.