CVE-2023-53603NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Avoid fcport pointer dereference Klocwork reported warning of NULL pointer may be dereferenced. The routine exits when sa_ctl is NULL and fcport is allocated after the exit call thus causing NULL fcport pointer to dereference at the time of exit. To avoid fcport pointer dereference, exit the routine when sa_ctl is NULL.

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_kernel5.15.615.15.121+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.52-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linux7b2fbfa4b2cd3a24c1760b85d842e928070d47444406fe8a96a946c7ea5724ee59625755a1d9c59d+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2795-wfr2-m5v3: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Avoid fcport pointer dereference Klocwork reported warning of NUL2025-10-04
OSV
CVE-2023-53603: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Avoid fcport pointer dereference Klocwork reported warning of NULL2025-10-04

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Avoid fcport pointer dereference2025-10-04
Debian
CVE-2023-53603: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2x...2023