CVE-2023-53041 scsi: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path
A race condition in the qla2xxx SCSI driver during device removal can cause a kernel warning and potential denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-53041?
CVE-2023-53041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path
While adding and removing the controller, the following call trace was observed:
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 623596 at kernel/dma/mapping.c:532 dma_free_attrs+0x33/0x50 CPU: 3 PID: 623596 Comm: sh Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.14.0-96.el9.x86_64 #1 RIP: 0010:dma_free_attrs+0x33/0x50
Call Trace: qla2x00_async_sns_sp_done+0x107/0x1b0 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_abort_srb+0x8e/0x250 [qla2xxx] ? ql_dbg+0x70/0x100 [qla2xxx] __qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0x108/0x190 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0x24/0x70 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_abort_isp_cleanup+0x305/0x3e0 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_remove_one+0x364/0x400 [qla2xxx] pci_device_remove+0x36/0xa0 __device_release_driver+0x17a/0x230 device_release_driver+0x24/0x30 pci_stop_bus_device+0x68/0x90 pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x16/0x30 remove_store+0x75/0x90 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x11c/0x1b0 new_sync_write+0x11f/0x1b0 vfs_write+0x1eb/0x280 ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x80 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1d8/0x680 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x80 ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x140 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
The command was completed in the abort path during driver unload with a lock held, causing the warning in abort path. Hence complete the command without any lock held.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53041?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2023-53041?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-53041 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53041 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53041, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53041, GHSA-8vg7-5r5j-h4jq, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53041.