CVE-2023-53280

CVE.org · Published

Record status: Published
Identifier year (not publication year): 2023
Source publication: Sep 16, 2025
Source updated: May 11, 2026
Imported by cveboard: Oct 24, 2026
Source snapshot: cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline · Oct 24, 2026

CNA source text (English)

scsi: qla2xxx: Remove unused nvme_ls_waitq wait queue

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Remove unused nvme_ls_waitq wait queue System crash when qla2x00_start_sp(sp) returns error code EGAIN and wake_up gets called for uninitialized wait queue sp->nvme_ls_waitq. qla2xxx [0000:37:00.1]-2121:5: Returning existing qpair of ffff8ae2c0513400 for idx=0 qla2xxx [0000:37:00.1]-700e:5: qla2x00_start_sp failed = 11 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10/ProLiant DL360 Gen10, BIOS U32 09/03/2021 Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_fc_connect_ctrl_work [nvme_fc] RIP: 0010:__wake_up_common+0x4c/0x190 RSP: 0018:ffff95f3e0cb7cd0 EFLAGS: 00010086 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8b08d3b26328 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: ffff8b08d3b26320 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffffffffe8 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff95f3e0cb7a60 R12: ffff95f3e0cb7d20 R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b2fdf6c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000002f1e410002 CR4: 00000000007706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: __wake_up_common_lock+0x7c/0xc0 qla_nvme_ls_req+0x355/0x4c0 [qla2xxx] ? __nvme_fc_send_ls_req+0x260/0x380 [nvme_fc] ? nvme_fc_send_ls_req.constprop.42+0x1a/0x45 [nvme_fc] ? nvme_fc_connect_ctrl_work.cold.63+0x1e3/0xa7d [nvme_fc] Remove unused nvme_ls_waitq wait queue. nvme_ls_waitq logic was removed previously in the commits tagged Fixed: below.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor: Linux
Product: Linux
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: unaffected

Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
5621b0dd74532c09965264c14958de3f85b498a6	`affected`	git	b7084ebf4f54d46fed5153112d685f4137334175	Unavailable	None listed
5621b0dd74532c09965264c14958de3f85b498a6	`affected`	git	0b1ce92fabdb7d02ddf8641230a06e2752ae5baa	Unavailable	None listed
5621b0dd74532c09965264c14958de3f85b498a6	`affected`	git	522ee1b3030f3b6b5fd59489d12b4ca767c9e5da	Unavailable	None listed
5621b0dd74532c09965264c14958de3f85b498a6	`affected`	git	f459d586fdf12c53116c9fddf43065165fdd5969	Unavailable	None listed
5621b0dd74532c09965264c14958de3f85b498a6	`affected`	git	92529387a0066754fd9cda080fb3298b8cca750c	Unavailable	None listed
5621b0dd74532c09965264c14958de3f85b498a6	`affected`	git	20fce500b232b970e40312a9c97e7f3b6d7a709c	Unavailable	None listed

Linux

Vendor: Linux
Product: Linux
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected

Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
4.14	`affected`	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	None listed
0	`unaffected`	semver	4.14	Unavailable	None listed
5.4.251	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	5.4.*	None listed
5.10.188	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	5.10.*	None listed
5.15.121	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	5.15.*	None listed
6.1.40	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	6.1.*	None listed
6.4.5	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	6.4.*	None listed
6.5	`unaffected`	original_commit_for_fix	Unavailable	*	None listed