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Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53037scsi: mpi3mr: Bad drive in topology results kernel crash

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpi3mr: Bad drive in topology results kernel crash When the SAS Transport Layer support is enabled and a device exposed to the OS by the driver fails INQUIRY commands, the driver frees up the memory allocated for an internal HBA port data structure. However, in some places, the reference to the freed memory is not cleared. When the firmware sends the Device Info change event for the same device again, the freed memory is accessed and that leads to memory corruption and OS crash.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53037
Debian:13linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53037
Debian:14linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53037

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux c4f7ac64616ee513f9ac4ae6c4d8c3cccb6974df – before 1f822ae8fb2a20fffa71e9bfa9b203c03d72d3bac4f7ac64616ee513f9ac4ae6c4d8c3cccb6974df – before aa11e4b6cdb403b9fdef6939550f6b36dd61624dc4f7ac64616ee513f9ac4ae6c4d8c3cccb6974df – before 8e45183978d64699df639e795235433a60f35047
Linux Linux 5.14

References