{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53140","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier  Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier to fix a race condition between unloading and reloading kernel modules. This fixes a bug introduced in 2009 by commit 77c019768f06 (\"[SCSI] fix /proc memory leak in the SCSI core\").  Fix the following kernel warning:  proc_dir_entry 'scsi/scsi_debug' already registered WARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 27986 at fs/proc/generic.c:376 proc_register+0x27d/0x2e0 Call Trace:  proc_mkdir+0xb5/0xe0  scsi_proc_hostdir_add+0xb5/0x170  scsi_host_alloc+0x683/0x6c0  sdebug_driver_probe+0x6b/0x2d0 [scsi_debug]  really_probe+0x159/0x540  __driver_probe_device+0xdc/0x230  driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x120  __device_attach_driver+0xef/0x180  bus_for_each_drv+0xe5/0x130  __device_attach+0x127/0x290  device_initial_probe+0x17/0x20  bus_probe_device+0x110/0x130  device_add+0x673/0xc80  device_register+0x1e/0x30  sdebug_add_host_helper+0x1a7/0x3b0 [scsi_debug]  scsi_debug_init+0x64f/0x1000 [scsi_debug]  do_one_initcall+0xd7/0x470  do_init_module+0xe7/0x330  load_module+0x122a/0x12c0  __do_sys_finit_module+0x124/0x1a0  __x64_sys_finit_module+0x46/0x50  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0","modified":"2026-09-15T09:03:02.628849842Z","published":"2025-05-02T16:15:32.920Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-53140"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53140"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53140.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53140.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53140.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}