scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device's iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed"
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device's iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed" The "atomic_inc(&cmd->device->iorequest_cnt)" in scsi_queue_rq() would cause kernel panic because cmd->device may be freed after returning from scsi_dispatch_cmd(). This reverts commit cfee29ffb45b1c9798011b19d454637d1b0fe87d.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.3.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53609
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 11:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device's iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed"
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Oct 2025, 15:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: Revert "scsi: core: Do not increase scsi_device's iorequest_cnt if dispatch failed" The "atomic_inc(&cmd->device->iorequest_cnt)" in scsi_queue_rq() would cause kernel panic because cmd->device may be freed after returning from scsi_dispatch_cmd(). This reverts commit cfee29ffb45b1c9798011b19d454637d1b0fe87d.
osv:CVE-2023-53609
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.3.4
Complete source record
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