Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53118

 

Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53118

Published: May 4, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108507
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53118
CWE-ID: CWE-682
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect calculation within the scsi_host_dev_release() function in drivers/scsi/hosts.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_269-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_41-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-base
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-syms
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt_debug-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2023-53118

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.4.238, 5.10.176, 5.15.104, 6.1.21, 6.2.8, 6.3
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_269-default - update to 1-8.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_41-debugsource - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-base - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.269.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.269.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-syms - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.269.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-macros - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-source - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.269.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1

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