5.5

CVE-2023-53150: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53150DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53150
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53150 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.8% 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
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 15
RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:3138SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.16% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

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

Affected systems

Ubuntu124 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-166.183 | < 5.15.0-86.96
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1113.123 | < 5.15.0-1047.52
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < 005961bd8f066fe931104f67c34ebfcc7f240099 | ≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < a69125a3ce88d9a386872034e7664b30cc4bcbed | ≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < 3f22f9ddbb29dba369daddb084be3bacf1587529 | ≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < 5addd62586a94a572359418464ce0ae12fa46187 | ≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < 0715da51391d223bf4981e28346770edea7eeb74 | ≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < b06d1b525364bbcf4929b4b35d81945b10dc9883 | ≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < 22b1d7c8bb59c3376430a8bad5840194b12bf29a | ≥ 7c3df1320e5e875478775e78d01a09aee96b8abe, < 00eca15319d9ce8c31cdf22f32a3467775423df4 | 3.1
  • linux_kernel< 4.14.322 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.291 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.251 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.188 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.121 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.40 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.11-1

3 vendors · 127 products

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