5.5

CVE-2023-53574: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2026:0107-1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53574DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53574
Published 04-10-2025Last modified 03-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53574 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.2% 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
0.14%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 17
SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading Fix possible crash and memory leak on driver unload by deleting TX purge timer and freeing C2H queue in 'rtw_core_deinit()', shrink critical section in the latter by freeing COEX queue out of TX report lock scope.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.13% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

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≥ e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9, < 60ee0f6fea7ba5681ebf7d70b8ebe592227188a4 | ≥ e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9, < 4128b00a6006870e117ab1841e58f369e9284ecb | ≥ e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9, < 634fcbcaa4062db39aeb5ac6ed1bc1feb8dd5216 | 5.2
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.2, < 6.5.5
Suse2 products
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_44&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4< 5-150400.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_31&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5< 2-150500.2.1
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.1.190-1 | < 6.5.6-1

4 vendors · 129 products

References

10 links