CVE-2023-52449

mtd: Fix gluebi NULL pointer dereference caused by ftl notifier

Published Feb 22, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mtd: Fix gluebi NULL pointer dereference caused by ftl notifier

If both ftl.ko and gluebi.ko are loaded, the notifier of ftl
triggers NULL pointer dereference when trying to access
‘gluebi->desc’ in gluebi_read().

ubi_gluebi_init
ubi_register_volume_notifier
ubi_enumerate_volumes
ubi_notify_all
gluebi_notify nb->notifier_call()
gluebi_create
mtd_device_register
mtd_device_parse_register
add_mtd_device
blktrans_notify_add not->add()
ftl_add_mtd tr->add_mtd()
scan_header
mtd_read
mtd_read_oob
mtd_read_oob_std
gluebi_read mtd->read()
gluebi->desc - NULL

Detailed reproduction information available at the Link [1],

In the normal case, obtain gluebi->desc in the gluebi_get_device(),
and access gluebi->desc in the gluebi_read(). However,
gluebi_get_device() is not executed in advance in the
ftl_add_mtd() process, which leads to NULL pointer dereference.

The solution for the gluebi module is to run jffs2 on the UBI
volume without considering working with ftl or mtdblock [2].
Therefore, this problem can be avoided by preventing gluebi from
creating the mtdblock device after creating mtd partition of the
type MTD_UBIVOLUME.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3841-1 linux-5.10 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6688-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6725-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6725-2 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6726-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6726-2 Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6726-3 Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-2 Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-3 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-3 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-4 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6926-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6926-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6926-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6938-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Important

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 7:27 PM
Reserved
Feb 20, 2024, 12:30 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 22, 2024, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 22, 2024, 12:00 AM