SUSE CVE-2023-53280

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Remove unused nvmelswaitq wait queue System crash when qla2x00startspsp returns error code EGAIN and wakeup gets called for uninitialized wait queue sp-nvmelswaitq. qla2xxx 0000:37:00.1-2121:5: Returning existing...

CVE-2023-53280

CVE-2023-53280 affects the Linux kernel’s scsi/qla2xxx path. The issue stems from removing the unused nvme_ls_waitq wait queue, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference when qla2x00_start_sp returns an error and wake_up is invoked for an uninitialized sp->nvme_ls_waitq. The connected adv...