# CVE-2023-53521: scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses\_intf\_remove()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.25

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses_intf_remove() A fix for: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ses_intf_remove+0x23f/0x270 [ses] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88a10d32e5d8 by task rmmod/12013 When edev->components is zero, accessing edev->component[0] members is wrong.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76f7050537476ac062ec23a544fbca8270f2d08b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87e47be38d205df338c52ead43f23b2864567423
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40af9a6deed723485e05b7d3255a28750692e8db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f9542cad6c27297c8391de3a659f0b7948495d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0595cdb587726b4f0fa780eb7462e3679d141e82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82143faf01dda831b89eccef60c39ef8575ab08a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fb1fa8425cce2dc4dce298275d22d7077694b73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/578797f0c8cbc2e3ec5fc0dab87087b4c7073686

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