linux — security advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery While the error recovery work is temporarily failing reconnect attempts, running the 'nvme list' command causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference by calling getsockname() with a released socket. During error recovery work, the nvme tcp socket is released and a new one created, so it is not safe to access the socket without proper check.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.20-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53643
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 16:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery While the error recovery work is temporarily failing reconnect attempts, running the 'nvme list' command causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference by calling getsockname() with a released socket. During error recovery work, the nvme tcp socket is released and a new one created, so it is not safe to access the socket without proper check.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53643
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.20-1
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.20-1
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.20-1
Complete source record
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