5.5

CVE-2023-53248: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53248DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53248
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53248 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · 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 12 · Related 11
RHSA-2024:2394SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1SUSE-SU-2025:20851-1SUSE-SU-2025:20861-1

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: install stub fence into potential unused fence pointers When using cpu to update page tables, vm update fences are unused. Install stub fence into these fence pointers instead of NULL to avoid NULL dereference when calling dma_fence_wait() on them.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

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

Affected systems

Ubuntu124 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, < 78b25110eb8c6990f7f5096bc0136c12a2b4cc99 | ≥ d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, < aa9e9ba5748c524eb0925a2ef6984b78793646d6 | ≥ d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, < 187916e6ed9d0c3b3abc27429f7a5f8c936bd1f0 | 4.2
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.2, < 6.1.47 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.12
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.13-1

3 vendors · 127 products

References

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