Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2025
scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device's iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed"
CVE-2023-53609
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device's iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed"
The "atomic_inc(&cmd->device->iorequest_cnt)" in scsi_queue_rq() would cause kernel panic because cmd->device may be freed after returning from scsi_dispatch_cmd().
This reverts commit cfee29ffb45b1c9798011b19d454637d1b0fe87d.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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