CVE-2023-53118 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-53118

scsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression scsi_proc_hostdir_rm() decreases a reference counter and hence must only be called once per host that is removed. This change does not require a scsi_add_host_with_dma() change since scsi_add_host_with_dma() will return 0 (success) if scsi_proc_host_add() is called.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
891a3cba425cf483d96facca55aebd6ff1da4338, 6b223e32d66ca9db1f252f433514783d8b22a8e1, e471e928de97b00f297ad1015cc14f9459765713, 17e98a5ede81b7696bec421f7afa2dfe467f5e6b, 1ec363599f8346d5a8d08c71a0d9860d6c420ec0, fc663711b94468f4e1427ebe289c9f05669699c9, 13daafe1e209b03e9bda16ff2bd2b2da145a139b, 4.19.278, 5.4.237, 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7

Timeline

Official Publish: May 2nd, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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