Linux Kernel up to 6.1.20/6.2.7 scsi memory leak

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.20/6.2.7. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component scsi. Performing a manipulation results in memory leak. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-53120. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.20/6.2.7. This affects some unknown processing of the component scsi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpi3mr: Fix config page DMA memory leak A fix for: DMA-API: pci 0000:83:00.0: device driver has pending DMA allocations while released from device [count=1]

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-53120 since 05/02/2025. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 245554 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53120), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.21 or 6.2.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch dca06ccf13de14e144d34f158f73ae0032f80e63/5fc4d698ed4b6507be2eb36d040a678adcb89da4/7d2b02172b6a2ae6aecd7ef6480b9c4bf3dc59f4 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (245554). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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