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CVE-2023-54234 (GCVE-0-2023-54234)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:11 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:18
VLAI
Title
scsi: mpi3mr: Fix missing mrioc->evtack_cmds initialization
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpi3mr: Fix missing mrioc->evtack_cmds initialization Commit c1af985d27da ("scsi: mpi3mr: Add Event acknowledgment logic") introduced an array mrioc->evtack_cmds but initialization of the array elements was missed. They are just zero cleared. The function mpi3mr_complete_evt_ack() refers host_tag field of the elements. Due to the zero value of the host_tag field, the function calls clear_bit() for mrico->evtack_cmds_bitmap with wrong bit index. This results in memory access to invalid address and "BUG: KASAN: use-after-free". This BUG was observed at eHBA-9600 firmware update to version 8.3.1.0. To fix it, add the missing initialization of mrioc->evtack_cmds.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: c1af985d27da2d530c22604644e9025810f57d7c , < 4e0dfdb48a824deac3dfbc67fb856ef2aee13529 (git)
Affected: c1af985d27da2d530c22604644e9025810f57d7c , < 67989091e11a974003ddf2ec39bc613df8eadd83 (git)
Affected: c1af985d27da2d530c22604644e9025810f57d7c , < e39ea831ebad4ab15c4748cb62a397a8abcca36e (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.16 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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