CVE-2023-53451

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference Klocwork tool reported 'cur_dsd' may be dereferenced. Add fix to validate pointer before dereferencing the pointer.

References (8)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02405f4023866ae91a611b5b85cb2e074ec2de5a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bea9c1c983152c5411f5a2f1113cb790ce1389d

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/464ea494a40c6e3e0e8f91dd325408aaf21515ba

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f90a8b0481615622bd0558aa8cf361bea872045

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a52a2e14fe866541bbc0033058e44bf0bf0c580

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7affc0f6b82a5bde430fc4f0dcf70963442fbc

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2cdbe530b0066bae1f98dbab590a232d507eaa

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4c9a93238b9ce3703942500cb1aeacf77090d2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.14.322

Timeline

Published Oct 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026