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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0017 7.1 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux 47caad1577cd7a39e2048c5e4edbce4b863dc12b – — Linux 4.5 – 6.3.4
TIMELINE Oct 7 Reserved by Linux Oct 7 Published (CNA: Linux) Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-53627 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list When freeing slots in function slot_complete_v3_hw(), it is possible that sas_dev.list is being traversed elsewhere, and it may trigger a NULL pointer exception, such as follows: ==>cq thread ==>scsi_eh_6 ==>scsi_error_handler() ==>sas_eh_handle_sas_errors() ==>sas_scsi_find_task() ==>lldd_abort_task() ==>slot_complete_v3_hw() ==>hisi_sas_abort_task() ==>hisi_sas_slot_task_free() ==>dereg_device_v3_hw() ==>list_del_init() ==>list_for_each_entry_safe() [ 7165.434918] sas: Enter sas_scsi_recover_host busy: 32 failed: 32 [ 7165.434926] sas: trying to find task 0x00000000769b5ba5 [ 7165.434927] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: aborting task 0x00000000769b5ba5 [ 7165.434940] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000769b5ba5) aborted [ 7165.434964] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000c9f7aa07) ignored [ 7165.434965] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000e2a1cf01) ignored [ 7165.434968] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ 7165.434972] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000022d52d93) ignored [ 7165.434975] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000066a7516c) ignored [ 7165.434976] Mem abort info: [ 7165.434982] ESR = 0x96000004 [ 7165.434991] Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 7165.434992] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 7165.434993] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 7165.434994] Data abort info: [ 7165.434994] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 7165.434995] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 7165.434997] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000f29543f2 [ 7165.434998] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000 [ 7165.435003] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP [ 7165.439863] Process scsi_eh_6 (pid: 4109, stack limit = 0x00000000c43818d5) [ 7165.468862] pstate: 00c00009 (nzcv daif +PAN +UAO) [ 7165.473637] pc : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw] [ 7165.479443] lr : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x2c/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw] [ 7165.485247] sp : ffff00001d623bc0 [ 7165.488546] x29: ffff00001d623bc0 x28: ffffa027d03b9508 [ 7165.493835] x27: ffff80278ed50af0 x26: ffffa027dd31e0a8 [ 7165.499123] x25: ffffa027d9b27f88 x24: ffffa027d9b209f8 [ 7165.504411] x23: ffffa027c45b0d60 x22: ffff80278ec07c00 [ 7165.509700] x21: 0000000000000008 x20: ffffa027d9b209f8 [ 7165.514988] x19: ffffa027d9b27f88 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 7165.520276] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 [ 7165.525564] x15: ffff0000091d9708 x14: ffff0000093b7dc8 [ 7165.530852] x13: ffff0000093b7a23 x12: 6e7265746e692067 [ 7165.536140] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000bb0 [ 7165.541429] x9 : ffff00001d6238f0 x8 : ffffa027d877af00 [ 7165.546718] x7 : ffffa027d6329600 x6 : ffff7e809f58ca00 [ 7165.552006] x5 : 0000000000001f8a x4 : 000000000000088e [ 7165.557295] x3 : ffffa027d9b27fa8 x2 : 0000000000000000 [ 7165.562583] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 000000003000188e [ 7165.567872] Call trace: [ 7165.570309] dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw] [ 7165.575775] hisi_sas_abort_task+0x248/0x358 [hisi_sas_main] [ 7165.581415] sas_eh_handle_sas_errors+0x258/0x8e0 [libsas] [ 7165.586876] sas_scsi_recover_host+0x134/0x458 [libsas] [ 7165.592082] scsi_error_handler+0xb4/0x488 [ 7165.596163] kthread+0x134/0x138 [ 7165.599380] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 [ 7165.602940] Code: d5033e9f b9000040 aa0103e2 eb03003f (f9400021) [ 7165.609004] kernel fault(0x1) notification starting on CPU 75 [ 7165.700728] ---[ end trace fc042cbbea224efc ]--- [ 7165.705326] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception To fix the issue, grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list in dereg_device_v3_hw() and hisi_sas_release_tasks() to avoid concurrency of adding and deleting member. When ---truncated---
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| October 7, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 7, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-53627 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2023-53627 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
Weaknesses: CWE-476
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