CVE-2023-53038 Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.167.1
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- published12 Jul 2025
- disclosed9 Jul 2025
Introduced: 9 Jul 2025
NewCVE-2023-53038 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-syms to version 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms package and not the kernel-syms package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: lpfc: Check kzalloc() in lpfc_sli4_cgn_params_read()
If kzalloc() fails in lpfc_sli4_cgn_params_read(), then we rely on lpfc_read_object()'s routine to NULL check pdata.
Currently, an early return error is thrown from lpfc_read_object() to protect us from NULL ptr dereference, but the errno code is -ENODEV.
Change the errno code to a more appropriate -ENOMEM.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53038.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1242743
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312320b0e0ec21249a17645683fe5304d796aec1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4829a1e1171536978b240a1438789c2e4d5c9715
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67b8343998b84418bc5b5206aa01fe9b461a80ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908dd9a0853a88155a5a36018c7e2b32ccf20379