High 7.8Published Dec 30, 2025

CVE-2023-54310scsi: message: mptlan: Fix use after free bug in mptlan_remove() due to race condition

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: message: mptlan: Fix use after free bug in mptlan_remove() due to race condition mptlan_probe() calls mpt_register_lan_device() which initializes the &priv->post_buckets_task workqueue. A call to mpt_lan_wake_post_buckets_task() will subsequently start the work. During driver unload in mptlan_remove() the following race may occur: CPU0 CPU1 |mpt_lan_post_receive_buckets_work() mptlan_remove() | free_netdev() | kfree(dev); | | | dev->mtu | //use Fix this by finishing the work prior to cleaning up in mptlan_remove(). [mkp: we really should remove mptlan instead of attempting to fix it]

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 92f869693d84e813895ff4d25363744575515423; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 60c8645ad6f5b722615383d595d63b62b07a13c3; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 410e610a96c52a7b41e2ab6c9ca60868d9acecce; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 697f92f8317e538d8409a0c95d6370eb40b34c05; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before e84282efc87f2414839f6e15c31b4daa34ebaac1; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 9c6da3b7f12528cd52c458b33496a098b838fcfc; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 48daa4a3015d859ee424948844ce3c12f2fe44e6; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before f486893288f3e9b171b836f43853a6426515d800	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92f869693d84e813895ff4d25363744575515423
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c8645ad6f5b722615383d595d63b62b07a13c3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/410e610a96c52a7b41e2ab6c9ca60868d9acecce
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/697f92f8317e538d8409a0c95d6370eb40b34c05
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e84282efc87f2414839f6e15c31b4daa34ebaac1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c6da3b7f12528cd52c458b33496a098b838fcfc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48daa4a3015d859ee424948844ce3c12f2fe44e6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f486893288f3e9b171b836f43853a6426515d800

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