5.5

CVE-2023-53555: linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53555DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53555
Published 04-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53555 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.13%
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 11 · Related 10
RHSA-2025:6966SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/core: initialize damo_filter->list from damos_new_filter() damos_new_filter() is not initializing the list field of newly allocated filter object. However, DAMON sysfs interface and DAMON_RECLAIM are not initializing it after calling damos_new_filter(). As a result, accessing uninitialized memory is possible. Actually, adding multiple DAMOS filters via DAMON sysfs interface caused NULL pointer dereferencing. Initialize the field just after the allocation from damos_new_filter().

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

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

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≥ 98def236f63c66629fb6b2d4b69cecffc5b46539, < da7beebb49c643cd03c54447ed66595936a7a1ce | ≥ 98def236f63c66629fb6b2d4b69cecffc5b46539, < 5f1fc67f2cb8d3035d3acd273b48b97835af8afd | 6.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.3, < 6.4.11 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2 | 6.5:rc3 | 6.5:rc4 | 6.5:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.4.11-1

3 vendors · 87 products

References

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