5.5

CVE-2023-53041: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53041
Published 02-05-2025Last modified 23-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53041 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1USN-8163-1

Timeline

  1. 02-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu120 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-156.173 | < 5.15.0-79.86
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1107.115 | < 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 31c1f455203e56a3ce8d5dd92f37c83d07bd5bd5, < 9189f20b4c5307c0998682bb522e481b4567a8b8 | ≥ f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52, < 231cfa78ec5badd84a1a2b09465bfad1a926aba1 | ≥ f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52, < d6f7377528d2abf338e504126e44439541be8f7d | ≥ f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52, < cd0a1804ac5bab2545ac700c8d0fe9ae9284c567 | ≥ f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52, < 415d614344a4f1bbddf55d724fc7eb9ef4b39aad | ≥ f45bca8c5052e8c59bab64ee90c44441678b9a52, < 0367076b0817d5c75dfb83001ce7ce5c64d803a9 | 10fd34ac79b234d9bd4459c9b9c1f9d5a67f7bde | ≥ 5.4.4, < 5.4.240 | ≥ 5.3.17, < 5.4 | 5.5
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.240 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.177 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.105 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.22 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.9 | 6.3:rc1 | 6.3:rc2 | 6.3:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.25-1

3 vendors · 123 products

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