CVE-2023-53041 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

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.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.01%	0.16%	+0.15%
2	2026-06-12	0.06%	0.01%	-0.04%
3	2026-02-26	—	0.06%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.01%

0.16%

+0.15%

2026-06-12

0.06%

0.01%

-0.04%

2026-02-26

—

0.06%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53041

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2023-53041 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53041
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53041
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53041/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2023-53041 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 150, released 133, not-affected 92, needed 31.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53041

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53041

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	< 5.4.240	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.5, < 5.10.177	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11, < 5.15.105	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 6.1.22	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.2, < 6.2.9	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.3	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.3	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc2::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.3	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc3::::::

References for CVE-2023-53041

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0367076b0817d5c75dfb83001ce7ce5c64d803a9	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/231cfa78ec5badd84a1a2b09465bfad1a926aba1	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/415d614344a4f1bbddf55d724fc7eb9ef4b39aad	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9189f20b4c5307c0998682bb522e481b4567a8b8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd0a1804ac5bab2545ac700c8d0fe9ae9284c567	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f7377528d2abf338e504126e44439541be8f7d	Patch

URL

CVE-2023-53041 | scsi: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53041

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53041

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-53041

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53041

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53041

References for CVE-2023-53041