Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53056scsi: qla2xxx: Synchronize the IOCB count to be in order

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 89.9% 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: Synchronize the IOCB count to be in order A system hang was observed with the following call trace: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 15 PID: 86747 Comm: nvme Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.2.0+ #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R6515/04F3CJ, BIOS 2.7.3 03/31/2022 RIP: 0010:__wake_up_common+0x55/0x190 Code: 41 f6 01 04 0f 85 b2 00 00 00 48 8b 43 08 4c 8d 40 e8 48 8d 43 08 48 89 04 24 48 89 c6\ 49 8d 40 18 48 39 c6 0f 84 e9 00 00 00 <49> 8b 40 18 89 6c 24 14 31 ed 4c 8d 60 e8 41 8b 18 f6 c3 04 75 5d RSP: 0018:ffffb05a82afbba0 EFLAGS: 00010082 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8f9b83a00018 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8f9b83a00020 RDI: ffff8f9b83a00018 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffffffffffe8 R09: ffffb05a82afbbf8 R10: 70735f7472617473 R11: 5f30307832616c71 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f815cf4c740(0000) GS:ffff8f9eeed80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000010633a000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 Call Trace: <TASK> __wake_up_common_lock+0x83/0xd0 qla_nvme_ls_req+0x21b/0x2b0 [qla2xxx] __nvme_fc_send_ls_req+0x1b5/0x350 [nvme_fc] nvme_fc_xmt_disconnect_assoc+0xca/0x110 [nvme_fc] nvme_fc_delete_association+0x1bf/0x220 [nvme_fc] ? nvme_remove_namespaces+0x9f/0x140 [nvme_core] nvme_do_delete_ctrl+0x5b/0xa0 [nvme_core] nvme_sysfs_delete+0x5f/0x70 [nvme_core] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12b/0x1c0 vfs_write+0x2a3/0x3b0 ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90 ? syscall_exit_work+0x103/0x130 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xd0/0x130 ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xec/0x100 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc RIP: 0033:0x7f815cd3eb97 The IOCB counts are out of order and that would block any commands from going out and subsequently hang the system. Synchronize the IOCB count to be in correct order.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53056
Debian:13linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53056
Debian:14linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-79.86UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1042.47UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1045.52UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1045.52.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1039.47UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1039.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1037.42UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1039.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-79.88UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1030.30UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1002.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1040.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53056

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d58b45bbbea8f9516b66e0b494701c369adb0ae8 – before 6295b3ec64a3623fa96869ffb7cf17d0b3c920356626b7494a01561fe5151fa6976875014a343a14 – before 6d57b77d7369ed73836c82b25f785b34923eef84f2dde125ae9849b84f46a98abd98f655148821ab – before ffd7831841d3c56c655531fc8c5acafaaf20e1bb5f63a163ed2f12c34dd4ae9b2757962ec7bb86e5 – before d3affdeb400f3adc925bd996f3839481f5291839
Linux Linux 5.15.99 – before 5.15.1056.1.16 – before 6.1.226.2.3 – before 6.2.9

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