{"cve":"CVE-2023-53118","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-02T16:15:30.880","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:20.023","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression\n\nscsi_proc_hostdir_rm() decreases a reference counter and hence must only be\ncalled once per host that is removed. This change does not require a\nscsi_add_host_with_dma() change since scsi_add_host_with_dma() will return\n0 (success) if scsi_proc_host_add() is called.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a764d55e938743efa7c2cba7305633bcf227f09","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c665bb185037e7eb66fb792c61da9d7151e99c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73f030d4ef6d1ad17f824a0a2eb637ef7a9c7d51","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e0ae8667fcdd99d1756922e1140cac75f5fa279","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88c3d3bb6469cea929ac68fd326bdcbefcdfdd83"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53118","score":0.00202,"percentile":0.10222,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}