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CVE-2023-53140 – “Linux Kernel SCSI Core /proc/scsi Directory Removal Vulnerability”

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2023-53140 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 02, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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:

    proc_dir_entry ‘scsi/scsi_debug’ already registered
    WARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 27986 at fs/proc/generic.c:376 proc_register+0x27d/0x2e0
    Call Trace:
    proc_mkdir+0xb5/0xe0
    scsi_proc_hostdir_add+0xb5/0x170
    scsi_host_alloc+0x683/0x6c0
    sdebug_driver_probe+0x6b/0x2d0 [scsi_debug]
    really_probe+0x159/0x540
    __driver_probe_device+0xdc/0x230
    driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x120
    __device_attach_driver+0xef/0x180
    bus_for_each_drv+0xe5/0x130
    __device_attach+0x127/0x290
    device_initial_probe+0x17/0x20
    bus_probe_device+0x110/0x130
    device_add+0x673/0xc80
    device_register+0x1e/0x30
    sdebug_add_host_helper+0x1a7/0x3b0 [scsi_debug]
    scsi_debug_init+0x64f/0x1000 [scsi_debug]
    do_one_initcall+0xd7/0x470
    do_init_module+0xe7/0x330
    load_module+0x122a/0x12c0
    __do_sys_finit_module+0x124/0x1a0
    __x64_sys_finit_module+0x46/0x50
    do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13daafe1e209b03e9bda16ff2bd2b2da145a139b
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e98a5ede81b7696bec421f7afa2dfe467f5e6b
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec363599f8346d5a8d08c71a0d9860d6c420ec0
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b223e32d66ca9db1f252f433514783d8b22a8e1
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/891a3cba425cf483d96facca55aebd6ff1da4338
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e471e928de97b00f297ad1015cc14f9459765713
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc663711b94468f4e1427ebe289c9f05669699c9
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