CVE-2023-53140

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53140
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53140.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53140
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-05-02T15:56:11.666Z
Modified
2026-05-28T03:54:33.727689318Z
Summary
scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier

Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier to fix a race condition between unloading and reloading kernel modules. This fixes a bug introduced in 2009 by commit 77c019768f06 ("[SCSI] fix /proc memory leak in the SCSI core").

Fix the following kernel warning:

procdirentry 'scsi/scsidebug' already registered WARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 27986 at fs/proc/generic.c:376 procregister+0x27d/0x2e0 Call Trace: procmkdir+0xb5/0xe0 scsiprochostdiradd+0xb5/0x170 scsihostalloc+0x683/0x6c0 sdebugdriverprobe+0x6b/0x2d0 [scsidebug] reallyprobe+0x159/0x540 __driverprobedevice+0xdc/0x230 driverprobedevice+0x4f/0x120 __deviceattachdriver+0xef/0x180 busforeach_drv+0xe5/0x130 __deviceattach+0x127/0x290 deviceinitialprobe+0x17/0x20 busprobedevice+0x110/0x130 deviceadd+0x673/0xc80 deviceregister+0x1e/0x30 sdebugaddhosthelper+0x1a7/0x3b0 [scsidebug] scsidebuginit+0x64f/0x1000 [scsidebug] dooneinitcall+0xd7/0x470 doinitmodule+0xe7/0x330 load_module+0x122a/0x12c0 __dosysfinit_module+0x124/0x1a0 _x64sysfinitmodule+0x46/0x50 dosyscall64+0x38/0x80 entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x46/0xb0

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53140.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
77c019768f0607c36e25bec11ce3e1eabef09277
Fixed
13daafe1e209b03e9bda16ff2bd2b2da145a139b
Fixed
891a3cba425cf483d96facca55aebd6ff1da4338
Fixed
6b223e32d66ca9db1f252f433514783d8b22a8e1
Fixed
e471e928de97b00f297ad1015cc14f9459765713
Fixed
17e98a5ede81b7696bec421f7afa2dfe467f5e6b
Fixed
1ec363599f8346d5a8d08c71a0d9860d6c420ec0
Fixed
fc663711b94468f4e1427ebe289c9f05669699c9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53140.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.30
Fixed
4.19.278
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.237
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.175
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.103
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.20
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.2.7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53140.json"