# CVE-2023-53150: scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-15 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced Klocwork tool reported pointer 'rport' returned from call to function fc_bsg_to_rport() may be NULL and will be dereferenced. Add a fix to validate rport before dereferencing.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/005961bd8f066fe931104f67c34ebfcc7f240099
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a69125a3ce88d9a386872034e7664b30cc4bcbed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f22f9ddbb29dba369daddb084be3bacf1587529
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5addd62586a94a572359418464ce0ae12fa46187
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0715da51391d223bf4981e28346770edea7eeb74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b06d1b525364bbcf4929b4b35d81945b10dc9883
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22b1d7c8bb59c3376430a8bad5840194b12bf29a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00eca15319d9ce8c31cdf22f32a3467775423df4

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