CVE-2023-53615
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Publication date: 2025-10-04
Last updated on: 2026-03-17
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.132 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-362 | The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a race condition in the Linux kernel's qla2xxx SCSI driver where a session deletion operation could be queued twice on different CPUs. This leads to corruption of a linked list and can cause a system crash, especially when using a debug kernel. The issue arises because the deletion flag was not properly locked during clearing and setting, allowing double queuing of the same session for deletion.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can cause system crashes due to linked list corruption when the affected qla2xxx driver attempts to delete a session twice concurrently. This can lead to instability or downtime on systems using this driver, particularly in environments running debug kernels.