Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53041scsi: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.7% 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: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path While adding and removing the controller, the following call trace was observed: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 623596 at kernel/dma/mapping.c:532 dma_free_attrs+0x33/0x50 CPU: 3 PID: 623596 Comm: sh Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.14.0-96.el9.x86_64 #1 RIP: 0010:dma_free_attrs+0x33/0x50 Call Trace: qla2x00_async_sns_sp_done+0x107/0x1b0 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_abort_srb+0x8e/0x250 [qla2xxx] ? ql_dbg+0x70/0x100 [qla2xxx] __qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0x108/0x190 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0x24/0x70 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_abort_isp_cleanup+0x305/0x3e0 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_remove_one+0x364/0x400 [qla2xxx] pci_device_remove+0x36/0xa0 __device_release_driver+0x17a/0x230 device_release_driver+0x24/0x30 pci_stop_bus_device+0x68/0x90 pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x16/0x30 remove_store+0x75/0x90 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x11c/0x1b0 new_sync_write+0x11f/0x1b0 vfs_write+0x1eb/0x280 ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x80 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1d8/0x680 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x80 ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x140 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae The command was completed in the abort path during driver unload with a lock held, causing the warning in abort path. Hence complete the command without any lock held.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53041
Debian:13linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53041
Debian:14linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-79.86UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1042.47UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1109.118USN-8163-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1109.118UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:26.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1039.47UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1039.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1037.42UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1039.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-79.88UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1030.30UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1002.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1040.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 31c1f455203e56a3ce8d5dd92f37c83d07bd5bd5 – before 9189f20b4c5307c0998682bb522e481b4567a8b8f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52 – before 231cfa78ec5badd84a1a2b09465bfad1a926aba1f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52 – before d6f7377528d2abf338e504126e44439541be8f7df45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52 – before cd0a1804ac5bab2545ac700c8d0fe9ae9284c567f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52 – before 415d614344a4f1bbddf55d724fc7eb9ef4b39aadf45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52 – before 0367076b0817d5c75dfb83001ce7ce5c64d803a910fd34ac79b234d9bd4459c9b9c1f9d5a67f7bde5.4.4 – before 5.4.240
Linux Linux 5.5

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