CVE-2023-53766

FS: JFS: Check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin

published December 8, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00195 · 8.8th percentile
Published
2025-12-08T01:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 DEC 01:19Z
    FS: JFS: Check for read-only mounted filesystem in txBegin
    cvelistv5