CVE-2023-53609scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device's iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed"
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device'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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from cfee29ffb45b1c9798011b19d454637d1b0fe87d before 35fe6fa57b994e7da222893adf0bb748d6055e73; from cfee29ffb45b1c9798011b19d454637d1b0fe87d before 6ca9818d1624e136a76ae8faedb6b6c95ca66903 | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.2 before 6.3.4; 6.4; 6.4 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35fe6fa57b994e7da222893adf0bb748d6055e73patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca9818d1624e136a76ae8faedb6b6c95ca66903patch
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