CVE-2023-53451
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scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference Klocwork tool reported 'cur_dsd' may be dereferenced. Add fix to validate pointer before dereferencing the pointer.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
October 1, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53451
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference Klocwork tool reported 'cur_dsd' may be dereferenced. Add fix to validate pointer before dereferencing the pointer.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02405f4023866ae91a611b5b85cb2e074ec2de5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bea9c1c983152c5411f5a2f1113cb790ce1389d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/464ea494a40c6e3e0e8f91dd325408aaf21515ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f90a8b0481615622bd0558aa8cf361bea872045
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a52a2e14fe866541bbc0033058e44bf0bf0c580
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7affc0f6b82a5bde430fc4f0dcf70963442fbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2cdbe530b0066bae1f98dbab590a232d507eaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4c9a93238b9ce3703942500cb1aeacf77090d2
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53451.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53451