CVE-2023-53451 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02405f4023866ae91a611b5b85cb2e074ec2de5a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bea9c1c983152c5411f5a2f1113cb790ce1389d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/464ea494a40c6e3e0e8f91dd325408aaf21515ba
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f90a8b0481615622bd0558aa8cf361bea872045
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a52a2e14fe866541bbc0033058e44bf0bf0c580
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7affc0f6b82a5bde430fc4f0dcf70963442fbc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2cdbe530b0066bae1f98dbab590a232d507eaa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4c9a93238b9ce3703942500cb1aeacf77090d2

History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02405f4023866ae91a611b5b85cb2e074ec2de5a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bea9c1c983152c5411f5a2f1113cb790ce1389d https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/464ea494a40c6e3e0e8f91dd325408aaf21515ba https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f90a8b0481615622bd0558aa8cf361bea872045 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a52a2e14fe866541bbc0033058e44bf0bf0c580 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7affc0f6b82a5bde430fc4f0dcf70963442fbc https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2cdbe530b0066bae1f98dbab590a232d507eaa https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4c9a93238b9ce3703942500cb1aeacf77090d2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-10-01T11:42:22.857Z

Updated: 2025-10-01T11:42:22.857Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:54:09.754Z

Link: CVE-2023-53451

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:43.413

Modified: 2025-10-01T12:15:43.413

Link: CVE-2023-53451

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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