CVE-2023-53451 (GCVE-0-2023-53451)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-01 11:42
Modified
2025-10-01 11:42
Severity ?
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02405f4023866ae91a611b5b85cb2e074ec2de5a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bea9c1c983152c5411f5a2f1113cb790ce1389d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/464ea494a40c6e3e0e8f91dd325408aaf21515ba
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f90a8b0481615622bd0558aa8cf361bea872045
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a52a2e14fe866541bbc0033058e44bf0bf0c580
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7affc0f6b82a5bde430fc4f0dcf70963442fbc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2cdbe530b0066bae1f98dbab590a232d507eaa
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4c9a93238b9ce3703942500cb1aeacf77090d2
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Linux Linux Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
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