CVE-2023-53451 (GCVE-0-2023-53451)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-01 11:42 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:45
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Title
scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference Klocwork tool reported 'cur_dsd' may be dereferenced. Add fix to validate pointer before dereferencing the pointer.
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Linux Linux Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < 02405f4023866ae91a611b5b85cb2e074ec2de5a (git)
Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < ee4c9a93238b9ce3703942500cb1aeacf77090d2 (git)
Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < 4f90a8b0481615622bd0558aa8cf361bea872045 (git)
Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < 2bea9c1c983152c5411f5a2f1113cb790ce1389d (git)
Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < 5a52a2e14fe866541bbc0033058e44bf0bf0c580 (git)
Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < ce2cdbe530b0066bae1f98dbab590a232d507eaa (git)
Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < af7affc0f6b82a5bde430fc4f0dcf70963442fbc (git)
Affected: a9083016a5314b3aeba6e0d2e814872e72168c08 , < 464ea494a40c6e3e0e8f91dd325408aaf21515ba (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.35
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.35 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.322 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.291 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.251 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.188 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.121 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.40 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.5 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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