CVE-2023-53150 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced Klocwork tool reported pointer 'rport' returned from call to function fc_bsg_to_rport() may be NULL and will be dereferenced. Add a fix to validate rport before dereferencing.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.15 — 4.19.291+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe — 005961bd8f066fe931104f67c34ebfcc7f240099+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53150: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced Klocwork tool reported pointer 'rport'↗2025-09-15
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GHSA
GHSA-j688-45pj-fx7v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced Klocwork tool reported pointer 'rport↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2023-53150: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2x...↗2023
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