5.5

CVE-2023-53666: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53666DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53666
Published 07-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53666 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.4% 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 · 0.00 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-2024:2394SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1

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: ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix missing mbhc init error handling MBHC initialisation can fail so add the missing error handling to avoid dereferencing an error pointer when later configuring the jack: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffff8 pc : wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc] lr : wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x] Call trace: wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc] wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x] snd_soc_component_set_jack+0x28/0x8c [snd_soc_core] qcom_snd_wcd_jack_setup+0x7c/0x19c [snd_soc_qcom_common] sc8280xp_snd_init+0x20/0x2c [snd_soc_sc8280xp] snd_soc_link_init+0x28/0x90 [snd_soc_core] snd_soc_bind_card+0x628/0xbfc [snd_soc_core] snd_soc_register_card+0xec/0x104 [snd_soc_core] devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x4c/0xa4 [snd_soc_core] sc8280xp_platform_probe+0xf0/0x108 [snd_soc_sc8280xp]

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

0.00 pp

From 0.14% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu108 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-88.98
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1049.54
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ bcee7ed09b8e70b65d5c04f5d1acd2cf4213c2f3, < 5a34d252052b5da743ef82591c860fc947384d4e | ≥ bcee7ed09b8e70b65d5c04f5d1acd2cf4213c2f3, < bb241ae928c694e365c30c888c9eb02dcc812dfd | ≥ bcee7ed09b8e70b65d5c04f5d1acd2cf4213c2f3, < 31ee704c84c4bf4df8521ef1478c161f710d0f94 | ≥ bcee7ed09b8e70b65d5c04f5d1acd2cf4213c2f3, < 7dfae2631bfbdebecd35fe7b472ab3cc95c9ed66 | 5.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 5.15.123 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.42 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.7 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.11-1

3 vendors · 111 products

References

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