7.8

CVE-2023-53308: net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53308DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53308
Published 16-09-2025Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53308 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove() In the (unlikely) event that pm_runtime_get() (disguised as pm_runtime_resume_and_get()) fails, the remove callback returned an error early. The problem with this is that the driver core ignores the error value and continues removing the device. This results in a resource leak. Worse the devm allocated resources are freed and so if a callback of the driver is called later the register mapping is already gone which probably results in a crash.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.16% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu122 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-162.179 | < 5.15.0-83.92
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1109.118 | < 5.15.0-1044.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 982d424239d7fae74938557428d45c717567ea9b, < d52a0cca591e899d4e5c8ab19e067b4c6b7d104f | ≥ 04748841f7a02ec6ff07fadfc5d1f8e24e61946d, < be85912c36ddca3e8b2eef1b5392cd8db6bdb730 | ≥ a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a, < b22b514209ff8c4287abb853399890ab97e1b5ca | ≥ a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a, < 83996d317b1deddc85006376082e8886f55aa709 | ≥ a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a, < c1bc2870f14e526a01897e14c747a0a0ca125231 | ≥ a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a, < 9407454a9b18bbeff216e8ecde87ffb2171e9ccf | ≥ a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a, < e02d8d5b1602689b98d9b91550a11b9b57baedbe | ≥ a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a, < f816b9829b19394d318e01953aa3b2721bca040d | d961a58dcc9778948502847303d29d018a49710a | d9c7531fb4708eb3f22cccdb0b7371834d37555a | ≥ 4.14.158, < 4.14.316 | ≥ 4.19.88, < 4.19.284 | ≥ 4.9.206, < 4.10 | ≥ 5.3.15, < 5.4 | 5.4
  • linux_kernelEOL≥ 4.9.206, < 4.10 | ≥ 4.14.158, < 4.14.316 | ≥ 4.19.88, < 4.19.284 | ≥ 5.3.15, < 5.4 | ≥ 5.4.1, < 5.4.244 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.181 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.113 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.30 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.3.4 | 5.4 | 6.4:rc1 | 6.4:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.37-1 | < 6.3.7-1

3 vendors · 125 products

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