5.5

CVE-2023-53617: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53617DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53617
Published 07-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53617 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.9% 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
0.20%
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 14 · Related 14
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. 07-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup Add kfree() in the later error handling in order to avoid memory leak.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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

Ubuntu108 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-91.101
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1051.56
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e0218dca5787c851b403fcbc33cdfec795446fca, < dfb9676ed25be25ca7cd198d0f0e093b76b7bc7f | ≥ e0218dca5787c851b403fcbc33cdfec795446fca, < b662856b71343d9e731c1cd4bbe54758c7791abb | ≥ e0218dca5787c851b403fcbc33cdfec795446fca, < d9a5ad4477d2a11e9b03f00c52694451e9332228 | ≥ e0218dca5787c851b403fcbc33cdfec795446fca, < 6e6d847a8ce18ab2fbec4f579f682486a82d2c6b | 5.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.128 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.47 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.12 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2 | 6.5:rc3 | 6.5:rc4 | 6.5:rc5 | 6.5:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.13-1

3 vendors · 111 products

References

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