# CVE-2023-54179: scsi: qla2xxx: Array index may go out of bound

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Array index may go out of bound Klocwork reports array 'vha->host_str' of size 16 may use index value(s) 16..19. Use snprintf() instead of sprintf().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e697f466bf61280b7e996c9ea096d7ec371c31ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea64c727f20123342020257cfa956fbfbd6d12ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcd773969a87d9802053c0db5be84abd6594a024
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/748d8f8698a2f48ffe32dd7b35dbab1810ed1f82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b3bdef089b920b4a19fefb4f4e6dda56a4bb583
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e934737e18ff069a66cd53cd7f7a0b34ae2c24fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d721b591b95cf3f290f8a7cbe90aa2ee0368388d

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