Log in Start free

Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53150scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced

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 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced Klocwork tool reported pointer 'rport' returned from call to function fc_bsg_to_rport() may be NULL and will be dereferenced. Add a fix to validate rport before dereferencing.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53150
Debian:13linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53150
Debian:14linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-86.96UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1047.52UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1049.56UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1049.56.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1044.52UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1044.49UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1040.43UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1043.49UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1044.49UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-86.95UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1045.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1040.43UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before 005961bd8f066fe931104f67c34ebfcc7f2400997c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before a69125a3ce88d9a386872034e7664b30cc4bcbed7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before 3f22f9ddbb29dba369daddb084be3bacf15875297c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before 5addd62586a94a572359418464ce0ae12fa461877c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before 0715da51391d223bf4981e28346770edea7eeb747c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before b06d1b525364bbcf4929b4b35d81945b10dc98837c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before 22b1d7c8bb59c3376430a8bad5840194b12bf29a7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe – before 00eca15319d9ce8c31cdf22f32a3467775423df4
Linux Linux 3.1

References