5.5

CVE-2023-53118: scsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53118DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53118
Published 02-05-2025Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53118 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1

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: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression scsi_proc_hostdir_rm() decreases a reference counter and hence must only be called once per host that is removed. This change does not require a scsi_add_host_with_dma() change since scsi_add_host_with_dma() will return 0 (success) if scsi_proc_host_add() is called.

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

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu77 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 891a3cba425cf483d96facca55aebd6ff1da4338, < 88c3d3bb6469cea929ac68fd326bdcbefcdfdd83 | ≥ 6b223e32d66ca9db1f252f433514783d8b22a8e1, < 68c665bb185037e7eb66fb792c61da9d7151e99c | ≥ e471e928de97b00f297ad1015cc14f9459765713, < 2a764d55e938743efa7c2cba7305633bcf227f09 | ≥ 17e98a5ede81b7696bec421f7afa2dfe467f5e6b, < 7e0ae8667fcdd99d1756922e1140cac75f5fa279 | ≥ 1ec363599f8346d5a8d08c71a0d9860d6c420ec0, < 73f030d4ef6d1ad17f824a0a2eb637ef7a9c7d51 | ≥ fc663711b94468f4e1427ebe289c9f05669699c9, < be03df3d4bfe7e8866d4aa43d62e648ffe884f5f | 13daafe1e209b03e9bda16ff2bd2b2da145a139b | ≥ 4.19.278, < 4.20 | ≥ 5.4.237, < 5.4.238 | ≥ 5.10.175, < 5.10.176 | ≥ 5.15.103, < 5.15.104 | ≥ 6.1.20, < 6.1.21 | ≥ 6.2.7, < 6.2.8
  • linux_kernelEOL≥ 4.19.278, < 4.20 | 5.4.237 | 5.10.175 | 5.15.103 | 6.1.20 | 6.2.7 | 6.3:rc1 | 6.3:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.25-1

3 vendors · 80 products

References

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