5.5

CVE-2023-53362: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53362DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53362
Published 17-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53362 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.7% 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
0.19%
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
SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1SUSE-SU-2025:20851-1SUSE-SU-2025:20861-1SUSE-SU-2025:20870-1SUSE-SU-2025:20898-1

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: fsl-mc: don't assume child devices are all fsl-mc devices Changes in VFIO caused a pseudo-device to be created as child of fsl-mc devices causing a crash [1] when trying to bind a fsl-mc device to VFIO. Fix this by checking the device type when enumerating fsl-mc child devices. [1] Modules linked in: Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 6 PID: 1289 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.2.0-rc5-00047-g7c46948a6e9c #2 Hardware name: NXP Layerscape LX2160ARDB (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : mc_send_command+0x24/0x1f0 lr : dprc_get_obj_region+0xfc/0x1c0 sp : ffff80000a88b900 x29: ffff80000a88b900 x28: ffff48a9429e1400 x27: 00000000000002b2 x26: ffff48a9429e1718 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: ffffd59331ba3918 x22: ffffd59331ba3000 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffff80000a88b9b8 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000001 x17: 7270642f636d2d6c x16: 73662e3030303030 x15: ffffffffffffffff x14: ffffd59330f1d668 x13: ffff48a8727dc389 x12: ffff48a8727dc386 x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 00008ceaf02f35d4 x9 : 0000000000000012 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000006 x6 : ffff80000a88bab0 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff80000a88b9e8 x2 : ffff80000a88b9e8 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff48a945142b80 Call trace: mc_send_command+0x24/0x1f0 dprc_get_obj_region+0xfc/0x1c0 fsl_mc_device_add+0x340/0x590 fsl_mc_obj_device_add+0xd0/0xf8 dprc_scan_objects+0x1c4/0x340 dprc_scan_container+0x38/0x60 vfio_fsl_mc_probe+0x9c/0xf8 fsl_mc_driver_probe+0x24/0x70 really_probe+0xbc/0x2a8 __driver_probe_device+0x78/0xe0 device_driver_attach+0x30/0x68 bind_store+0xa8/0x130 drv_attr_store+0x24/0x38 sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x60 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x128/0x1b8 vfs_write+0x334/0x448 ksys_write+0x68/0xf0 __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28 invoke_syscall+0x44/0x108 el0_svc_common.constprop.1+0x94/0xf8 do_el0_svc+0x38/0xb0 el0_svc+0x20/0x50 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x98/0xc0 el0t_64_sync+0x174/0x178 Code: aa0103f4 a9025bf5 d5384100 b9400801 (79401260) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

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

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≥ 3c28a76124b25882411f005924be73795b6ef078, < 5bd9dc3e767edf582be483be8d6bbc7433bd4cf8 | ≥ 3c28a76124b25882411f005924be73795b6ef078, < 8bdd5c21ec02835bd445d022f4c23195aff407d2 | ≥ 3c28a76124b25882411f005924be73795b6ef078, < 303c9c63abb9390e906052863f82bb4e9824e5c0 | 6.1
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.1, < 6.1.39 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.4-1

3 vendors · 127 products

References

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