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Unscored CVE-2023-53576 EUVD-2025-32317GHSA-5h6w-mmcg-hf8j

null_blk: Always check queue mode setting from configfs

Published Oct 4, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

null_blk: Always check queue mode setting from configfs

Make sure to check device queue mode in the null_validate_conf() and
return error for NULL_Q_RQ as we don't allow legacy I/O path, without
this patch we get OOPs when queue mode is set to 1 from configfs,
following are repro steps :-

modprobe null_blk nr_devices=0
mkdir config/nullb/nullb0
echo 1 > config/nullb/nullb0/memory_backed
echo 4096 > config/nullb/nullb0/blocksize
echo 20480 > config/nullb/nullb0/size
echo 1 > config/nullb/nullb0/queue_mode
echo 1 > config/nullb/nullb0/power

Entering kdb (current=0xffff88810acdd080, pid 2372) on processor 42 Oops: (null)
due to oops @ 0xffffffffc041c329
CPU: 42 PID: 2372 Comm: sh Tainted: G O N 6.3.0-rc5lblk+ #5
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:null_add_dev.part.0+0xd9/0x720 [null_blk]
Code: 01 00 00 85 d2 0f 85 a1 03 00 00 48 83 bb 08 01 00 00 00 0f 85 f7 03 00 00 80 bb 62 01 00 00 00 48 8b 75 20 0f 85 6d 02 00 00 <48> 89 6e 60 48 8b 75 20 bf 06 00 00 00 e8 f5 37 2c c1 48 8b 75 20
RSP: 0018:ffffc900052cbde0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff88811084d800 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888100042e00
RBP: ffff8881053d8200 R08: ffffc900052cbd68 R09: ffff888105db2000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffff888104765200 R14: ffff88810eec1748 R15: ffff88810eec1740
FS: 00007fd445fd1740(0000) GS:ffff8897dfc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000060 CR3: 0000000166a00000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0
DR0: ffffffff8437a488 DR1: ffffffff8437a489 DR2: ffffffff8437a48a
DR3: ffffffff8437a48b DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nullb_device_power_store+0xd1/0x120 [null_blk]
configfs_write_iter+0xb4/0x120
vfs_write+0x2ba/0x3c0
ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
RIP: 0033:0x7fd4460c57a7
Code: 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 18 48 89 74 24
RSP: 002b:00007ffd3792a4a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 00007fd4460c57a7
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 000055b43c02e4c0 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 000055b43c02e4c0 R08: 000000000000000a R09: 00007fd44615b4e0
R10: 00007fd44615b3e0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: 00007fd446198520 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 00007fd446198700
</TASK>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.20 5.10.181

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.37-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1023.25 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-83.92 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1044.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1046.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1046.53.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1041.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1041.46 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1027.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1037.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1039.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1032.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1017.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1004.4 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1042.48 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1044.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1046.53~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1041.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-83.92~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1037.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1017.17~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1042.48~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1040.44~20.04.3 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1038.40 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1045.50 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 +6 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1 RXSA-2024:3138
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.136.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.136.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_46 1-150400.9.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.34-56.100 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228

Advisories 7

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