Bug 2400701 (CVE-2023-53451) - CVE-2023-53451 kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
Summary: CVE-2023-53451 kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53451
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-01 12:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-01 23:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:02:27 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

Klocwork tool reported 'cur_dsd' may be dereferenced.  Add fix to validate
pointer before dereferencing the pointer.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 23:26:37 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100103-CVE-2023-53451-bb02@gregkh/T
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