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

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

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 products

• Linux kernel: before 4.14.322; from 4.15 before 4.19.291; from 4.20 before 5.4.251; from 5.5 before 5.10.188; from 5.11 before 5.15.121; from 5.16 before 6.1.40 — fixed in 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 5.4.251, 6.1.40

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.10.188, 5.15.121. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/005961bd8f066fe931104f67c34ebfcc7f240099
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00eca15319d9ce8c31cdf22f32a3467775423df4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0715da51391d223bf4981e28346770edea7eeb74
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22b1d7c8bb59c3376430a8bad5840194b12bf29a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f22f9ddbb29dba369daddb084be3bacf1587529
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5addd62586a94a572359418464ce0ae12fa46187
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a69125a3ce88d9a386872034e7664b30cc4bcbed
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b06d1b525364bbcf4929b4b35d81945b10dc9883

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