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CVE-2023-53510

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-01
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.1.167 / 6.3.13 or later.
See remediation →
80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: ufs: core: Fix handling of lrbp->cmd ufshcd_queuecommand() may be called two times in a row for a SCSI command before it is completed. Hence make the following changes: - In the functions that submit a command, do not check the old value of lrbp->cmd nor clear lrbp->cmd in error paths. - In ufshcd_release_scsi_cmd(), do not clear lrbp->cmd. See also scsi_send_eh_cmnd(). This commit prevents that the following appears if a command times out: WARNING: at drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c:2965 ufshcd_queuecommand+0x6f8/0x9a8 Call trace: ufshcd_queuecommand+0x6f8/0x9a8 scsi_send_eh_cmnd+0x2c0/0x960 scsi_eh_test_devices+0x100/0x314 scsi_eh_ready_devs+0xd90/0x114c scsi_error_handler+0x2b4/0xb70 kthread+0x16c/0x1e0

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-415

The same block of memory is freed twice, corrupting the allocator's bookkeeping in ways an attacker can shape toward code execution. It usually stems from tangled ownership of a pointer. The fix is clear, single ownership of each allocation and clearing pointers once they are freed.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 3.12, < 6.1.167>= 6.2, < 6.3.13>= 6.4, < 6.4.4

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.1.167 / 6.3.13 / 6.4.4 or later
Fixed in 6.1.1676.3.136.4.4
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

6.1.167+ / 6.3.13+ / 6.4.4+ / 6.5+ (any version containing commit 49234a401e161a2f2698f4612ab792c49b3cad1b)

  1. Upgrade Linux kernel to version 6.1.167 or later if using the 6.1.x stable branch
  2. Alternatively, upgrade to kernel version 6.3.13 or later if using the 6.3.x stable branch
  3. Alternatively, upgrade to kernel version 6.4.4 or later if using the 6.4.x stable branch
  4. Alternatively, upgrade to kernel version 6.5 or later (6.5+ includes this fix)
  5. If using a distribution kernel (e.g., Ubuntu, Red Hat, SUSE), install the corresponding security update that backports this fix
  6. Verify the fix by checking the kernel version: uname -r
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system reboot; ensure compatibility with custom drivers/modules before upgrading

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