{"cve":"CVE-2023-53280","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-16T08:15:36.917","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:43.710","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Remove unused nvme_ls_waitq wait queue\n\nSystem crash when qla2x00_start_sp(sp) returns error code EGAIN and wake_up\ngets called for uninitialized wait queue sp->nvme_ls_waitq.\n\n    qla2xxx [0000:37:00.1]-2121:5: Returning existing qpair of ffff8ae2c0513400 for idx=0\n    qla2xxx [0000:37:00.1]-700e:5: qla2x00_start_sp failed = 11\n    BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000\n    PGD 0 P4D 0\n    Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n    Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10/ProLiant DL360 Gen10, BIOS U32 09/03/2021\n    Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_fc_connect_ctrl_work [nvme_fc]\n    RIP: 0010:__wake_up_common+0x4c/0x190\n    RSP: 0018:ffff95f3e0cb7cd0 EFLAGS: 00010086\n    RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8b08d3b26328 RCX: 0000000000000000\n    RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: ffff8b08d3b26320\n    RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffffffffe8\n    R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff95f3e0cb7a60 R12: ffff95f3e0cb7d20\n    R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\n    FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b2fdf6c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n    CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n    CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000002f1e410002 CR4: 00000000007706e0\n    DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n    DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n    PKRU: 55555554\n    Call Trace:\n     __wake_up_common_lock+0x7c/0xc0\n     qla_nvme_ls_req+0x355/0x4c0 [qla2xxx]\n     ? __nvme_fc_send_ls_req+0x260/0x380 [nvme_fc]\n     ? nvme_fc_send_ls_req.constprop.42+0x1a/0x45 [nvme_fc]\n     ? nvme_fc_connect_ctrl_work.cold.63+0x1e3/0xa7d [nvme_fc]\n\nRemove unused nvme_ls_waitq wait queue. nvme_ls_waitq logic was removed\npreviously in the commits tagged Fixed: below.","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":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1ce92fabdb7d02ddf8641230a06e2752ae5baa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20fce500b232b970e40312a9c97e7f3b6d7a709c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/522ee1b3030f3b6b5fd59489d12b4ca767c9e5da","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92529387a0066754fd9cda080fb3298b8cca750c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7084ebf4f54d46fed5153112d685f4137334175"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53280","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05105,"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."]}