CVE-2023-53207: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-53207 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10Timeline
- 15-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: fail to recover device if queue setup is interrupted In ublk_ctrl_end_recovery(), if wait_for_completion_interruptible() is interrupted by signal, queues aren't setup successfully yet, so we have to fail UBLK_CMD_END_USER_RECOVERY, otherwise kernel oops can be triggered.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
4%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.15% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo 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≥ c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c, < 84415f934ad4e96f3507fd09b831953d60fb04ec | ≥ c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c, < b3a1e243a74632f88b22e713f1c7256754017d58 | ≥ c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c, < 0c0cbd4ebc375ceebc75c89df04b74f215fab23a | 6.1
- linux_kernel≥ 6.1, < 6.1.43 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.8 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2 | 6.5:rc3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.11-1
3 vendors · 87 products