CVE-2023-53037

scsi: mpi3mr: Bad drive in topology results kernel crash

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 2, 2025 at 03:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpi3mr: Bad drive in topology results kernel crash When the SAS Transport Layer support is enabled and a device exposed to the OS by the driver fails INQUIRY commands, the driver frees up the memory allocated for an internal HBA port data structure. However, in some places, the reference to the freed memory is not cleared. When the firmware sends the Device Info change event for the same device again, the freed memory is accessed and that leads to memory corruption and OS crash.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.14 ≤ v < 6.1.225.14 ≤ v < 6.2.95.14 ≤ v < 6.36.2 ≤ v < 6.2.95.146.3 rc1c4f7ac64616ee513f9ac4ae6c4d8c3cccb6974df
Vendor states this is fixed in 1f822ae8fb2a20fffa71e9bfa9b203c03d72d3ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8e45183978d64699df639e795235433a60f35047 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aa11e4b6cdb403b9fdef6939550f6b36dd61624d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f822ae8fb2a20fffa71e9bfa9b203c03d72d3ba
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e45183978d64699df639e795235433a60f35047
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa11e4b6cdb403b9fdef6939550f6b36dd61624d

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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