5.5

CVE-2023-53567: spi: qup: Don't skip cleanup in remove's error path

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53567DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53567
Published 04-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53567 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.15%
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 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

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: spi: qup: Don't skip cleanup in remove's error path Returning early in a platform driver's remove callback is wrong. In this case the dma resources are not released in the error path. this is never retried later and so this is a permanent leak. To fix this, only skip hardware disabling if waking the device fails.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
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.

Ubuntu123 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-162.179 | < 5.15.0-79.86
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1109.118 | < 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < fd53f41bd86daa39b454fd4637a908ff2123547f | ≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < 8632384337038b97910c2f7bb5a3f377aa68d001 | ≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < bc88243bbe6140d289bb32b4ee4607ba5ce1124a | ≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < f345d4d71e87d878437417ffbb9a7d4e16d235eb | ≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < 2d0f63077f481f11a07f20eab1c1f4367dfaef32 | ≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < 55ecdcd12bc176b86fecbcb125ac814ac8fe857a | ≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < 49c17fccae36505550c9121891722fff337f148a | ≥ 64ff247a978facc437d40f0c9b754675846a98f0, < 61f49171a43ab1f80c73c5c88c508770c461e0f2 | 3.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.15, < 4.19.283 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.243 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.180 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.111 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.28 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.15 | ≥ 6.3, < 6.3.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.37-1 | < 6.3.7-1

3 vendors · 126 products

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