Answer in brief
CVE-2023-53124 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in scsi: mpt3sas: Fix NULL pointer access in mpt3sas_transport_port_add(). 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: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 | >=d60000cb1195a464080b0efb4949daf7594e0020 <090305c36185c0547e4441d4c08f1cf096b32134 || >=ce1a69cc85006b494353911b35171da195d79e25 <6f0c2f70d9929208d8427ec72c3ed91e2251e289 || >=6a92129c8f999ff5b122c100ce7f625eb3e98c4b <9937f784a608944107dcc2ba9a9c3333f8330b9e || >=d17bca3ddfe507874cb826d32721552da12e741f <b5e5bbb3fa5f8412e96c5eda7f4a4af6241d6bd3 || >=78316e9dfc24906dd474630928ed1d3c562b568e <a26c775ccc4cfe46f9b718b51bd24313053c7e0b || >=78316e9dfc24906dd474630928ed1d3c562b568e <d3c57724f1569311e4b81e98fad0931028b9bdcd || 6f6768e2fc8638fabdd8802c2ef693d7aef01db1 || >=5.4.229 <5.4.238 || >=5.10.163 <5.10.176 || >=5.15.86 <5.15.104 || >=6.1.2 <6.1.21 || >=6.0.16 <6.1 | 090305c36185c0547e4441d4c08f1cf096b32134, 6f0c2f70d9929208d8427ec72c3ed91e2251e289, 9937f784a608944107dcc2ba9a9c3333f8330b9e, b5e5bbb3fa5f8412e96c5eda7f4a4af6241d6bd3, a26c775ccc4cfe46f9b718b51bd24313053c7e0b, d3c57724f1569311e4b81e98fad0931028b9bdcd, 5.4.238, 5.10.176, 5.15.104, 6.1.21, 6.1 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.2 | Not reported |
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: mpt3sas: Fix NULL pointer access in mpt3sas_transport_port_add() Port is allocated by sas_port_alloc_num() and rphy is allocated by either sas_end_device_alloc() or sas_expander_alloc(), all of which may return NULL. So we need to check the rphy to avoid possible NULL pointer access. If sas_rphy_add() returned with failure, rphy is set to NULL. We would access the rphy in the following lines which would also result NULL pointer access.
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