Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53320scsi: mpi3mr: Fix issues in mpi3mr_get_all_tgt_info()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.4% 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: Fix issues in mpi3mr_get_all_tgt_info() The function mpi3mr_get_all_tgt_info() has four issues: 1) It calculates valid entry length in alltgt_info assuming the header part of the struct mpi3mr_device_map_info would equal to sizeof(u32). The correct size is sizeof(u64). 2) When it calculates the valid entry length kern_entrylen, it excludes one entry by subtracting 1 from num_devices. 3) It copies num_device by calling memcpy(). Substitution is enough. 4) It does not specify the calculated length to sg_copy_from_buffer(). Instead, it specifies the payload length which is larger than the alltgt_info size. It causes "BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds". Fix the issues by using the correct header size, removing the subtraction from num_devices, replacing the memcpy() with substitution and specifying the correct length to sg_copy_from_buffer().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.20-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53320
Debian:13linux6.1.20-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53320
Debian:14linux6.1.20-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-202.212USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1119.126USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1119.126UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1125.134UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1125.134USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1124.133UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1124.133USN-8962-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1120.130USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1120.130UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1115.121UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1115.121USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1102.110USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1102.110UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1113.117USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1113.117UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1114.120USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1114.120UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1111.116USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1111.116UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-197.207USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-197.207UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1114.115UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1114.115USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1070.72USN-8963-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1070.72UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1059.59USN-8963-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1059.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1116.122UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1116.122USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53320

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux f5e6d5a343761081317c89d23489c93fbafc69ff – before 8ba997b22f2cd5d29aad8c39f6201f7608ed0c04f5e6d5a343761081317c89d23489c93fbafc69ff – before 2f3d3fa5b8ed7d3b147478f42b00b468eeb1ecd2f5e6d5a343761081317c89d23489c93fbafc69ff – before fb428a2005fc1260d18b989cc5199f281617f44d
Linux Linux 5.19

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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