CVE-2023-53609

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

04/10/2025

Last modified:

05/02/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device&#39;s iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed" The "atomic_inc(&cmd->device->iorequest_cnt)" in scsi_queue_rq() would cause kernel panic because cmd->device may be freed after returning from scsi_dispatch_cmd(). This reverts commit cfee29ffb45b1c9798011b19d454637d1b0fe87d.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.3.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4:rc2::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-53609

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools