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CVE-2023-53124

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53124 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mpt3sas SCSI driver. This flaw, affecting Linux kernel versions, arises when sas_port_alloc_num(), sas_end_device_alloc(), or sas_expander_alloc() return NULL, leading to a NULL pointer access in mpt3sas_transport_port_add(). Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L) to cause a high impact on availability (A:H), with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.10.163, < 5.10.176CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.15.86, < 5.15.104CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.229, < 5.4.238CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0.16, < 6.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.1.2, < 6.1.21CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53124Moderate

kernel: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix NULL pointer access in mpt3sas_transport_port_add()

May 2, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/090305c36185c0547e4441d4c08f1cf096b32134
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6f0c2f70d9929208d8427ec72c3ed91e2251e289
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9937f784a608944107dcc2ba9a9c3333f8330b9e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a26c775ccc4cfe46f9b718b51bd24313053c7e0b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b5e5bbb3fa5f8412e96c5eda7f4a4af6241d6bd3
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d3c57724f1569311e4b81e98fad0931028b9bdcd
Patch