Answer in brief
CVE-2023-53118 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in scsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.10.175:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.103:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.4.237:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=891a3cba425cf483d96facca55aebd6ff1da4338 <88c3d3bb6469cea929ac68fd326bdcbefcdfdd83 || >=6b223e32d66ca9db1f252f433514783d8b22a8e1 <68c665bb185037e7eb66fb792c61da9d7151e99c || >=e471e928de97b00f297ad1015cc14f9459765713 <2a764d55e938743efa7c2cba7305633bcf227f09 || >=17e98a5ede81b7696bec421f7afa2dfe467f5e6b <7e0ae8667fcdd99d1756922e1140cac75f5fa279 || >=1ec363599f8346d5a8d08c71a0d9860d6c420ec0 <73f030d4ef6d1ad17f824a0a2eb637ef7a9c7d51 || >=fc663711b94468f4e1427ebe289c9f05669699c9 <be03df3d4bfe7e8866d4aa43d62e648ffe884f5f || 13daafe1e209b03e9bda16ff2bd2b2da145a139b || >=4.19.278 <4.20 | 88c3d3bb6469cea929ac68fd326bdcbefcdfdd83, 68c665bb185037e7eb66fb792c61da9d7151e99c, 2a764d55e938743efa7c2cba7305633bcf227f09, 7e0ae8667fcdd99d1756922e1140cac75f5fa279, 73f030d4ef6d1ad17f824a0a2eb637ef7a9c7d51, be03df3d4bfe7e8866d4aa43d62e648ffe884f5f, 4.20 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=5.4.237 <5.4.238 || >=5.10.175 <5.10.176 || >=5.15.103 <5.15.104 || >=6.1.20 <6.1.21 || >=6.2.7 <6.2.8 | 5.4.238, 5.10.176, 5.15.104, 6.1.21, 6.2.8 |
Published upstream
May 2, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix a procfs host directory removal regression scsi_proc_hostdir_rm() decreases a reference counter and hence must only be called once per host that is removed. This change does not require a scsi_add_host_with_dma() change since scsi_add_host_with_dma() will return 0 (success) if scsi_proc_host_add() is called.
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