CVE-2023-53118
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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 & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a764d55e938743efa7c2cba7305633bcf227f09 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a764d55e938743efa7c2cba7305633bcf227f09Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c665bb185037e7eb66fb792c61da9d7151e99cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73f030d4ef6d1ad17f824a0a2eb637ef7a9c7d51Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e0ae8667fcdd99d1756922e1140cac75f5fa279Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88c3d3bb6469cea929ac68fd326bdcbefcdfdd83Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be03df3d4bfe7e8866d4aa43d62e648ffe884f5fPatch