CVE-2023-53140

scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier

published May 2, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier

Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier to fix a race

condition between unloading and reloading kernel modules. This fixes a bug

introduced in 2009 by commit 77c019768f06 ("[SCSI] fix /proc memory leak in

the SCSI core").

Fix the following kernel warning:

proc_dir_entry 'scsi/scsi_debug' already registered

WARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 27986 at fs/proc/generic.c:376 proc_register+0x27d/0x2e0

Call Trace:

proc_mkdir+0xb5/0xe0

scsi_proc_hostdir_add+0xb5/0x170

scsi_host_alloc+0x683/0x6c0

sdebug_driver_probe+0x6b/0x2d0 [scsi_debug]

really_probe+0x159/0x540

__driver_probe_device+0xdc/0x230

driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x120

__device_attach_driver+0xef/0x180

bus_for_each_drv+0xe5/0x130

__device_attach+0x127/0x290

device_initial_probe+0x17/0x20

bus_probe_device+0x110/0x130

device_add+0x673/0xc80

device_register+0x1e/0x30

sdebug_add_host_helper+0x1a7/0x3b0 [scsi_debug]

scsi_debug_init+0x64f/0x1000 [scsi_debug]

do_one_initcall+0xd7/0x470

do_init_module+0xe7/0x330

load_module+0x122a/0x12c0

__do_sys_finit_module+0x124/0x1a0

__x64_sys_finit_module+0x46/0x50

do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00189 · 8.0th percentile
Published
2025-05-02T15:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAY 15:56Z
    scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier
    cvelistv5