7.8

CVE-2023-53170: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53170DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53170
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53170 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: Removed unneeded of_node_put in felix_parse_ports_node Remove unnecessary of_node_put from the continue path to prevent child node from being released twice, which could avoid resource leak or other unexpected issues.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu84 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ de879a016a94a670fafeb3eb03b3d5803d81ab37, < 7ead10b44b79ce8bfcd51e749d54e009de5f511a | ≥ de879a016a94a670fafeb3eb03b3d5803d81ab37, < 04499f28b40bfc24f20b0e2331008bb90a54a6cf | 6.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.3, < 6.4.5 | 6.5:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.4.11-1

3 vendors · 87 products

References

6 links