Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2023-53766

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.

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-53766: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 2.6.12, 0

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