8.8

CVE-2023-53322: scsi: qla2xxx: Wait for io return on terminate rport

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53322DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53322
Published 16-09-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53322 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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 28 · Related 16
RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:3138RHSA-2025:22072RHSA-2025:23422RHSA-2025:23423RHSA-2025:23424

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Wait for io return on terminate rport System crash due to use after free. Current code allows terminate_rport_io to exit before making sure all IOs has returned. For FCP-2 device, IO's can hang on in HW because driver has not tear down the session in FW at first sign of cable pull. When dev_loss_tmo timer pops, terminate_rport_io is called and upper layer is about to free various resources. Terminate_rport_io trigger qla to do the final cleanup, but the cleanup might not be fast enough where it leave qla still holding on to the same resource. Wait for IO's to return to upper layer before resources are freed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.21% 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

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu123 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≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < 8a55556cd7e0220486163b1285ce11a8be2ce5fa | ≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < 4647d2e88918a078359d1532d90c417a38542c9e | ≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < d25fded78d88e1515439b3ba581684d683e0b6ab | ≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < a9fe97fb7b4ee21bffb76f2acb05769bad27ae70 | ≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < 079c8264ed9fea8cbcac01ad29040f901cbc3692 | ≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < 90770dad1eb30967ebd8d37d82830bcf270b3293 | ≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < 5bcdaafd92be6035ddc77fa76650cf9dd5b864c4 | ≥ 715848ca6fffeb6362a50887d9c26245bd5dfba9, < fc0cba0c7be8261a1625098bd1d695077ec621c9 | 2.6.34
  • 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 · 126 products

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