CVE-2023-53799: linux

CVSS: UnknownDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53799DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53799
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53799 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.21%
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 8 · Related 8
SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: api - Use work queue in crypto_destroy_instance The function crypto_drop_spawn expects to be called in process context. However, when an instance is unregistered while it still has active users, the last user may cause the instance to be freed in atomic context. Fix this by delaying the freeing to a work queue.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

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

Ubuntu124 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-94.104
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1053.58
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.55-1 | < 6.5.3-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 6bfd48096ff8ecabf955958b51ddfa7988eb0a14, < 625bf86bf53eb7a8ee60fb9dc45b272b77e5ce1c | ≥ 6bfd48096ff8ecabf955958b51ddfa7988eb0a14, < 048545d9fc6424b0a11e7e8771225bb9afe09422 | ≥ 6bfd48096ff8ecabf955958b51ddfa7988eb0a14, < c4cb61c5f976183c07d16b0071f0c60bc212ef1f | ≥ 6bfd48096ff8ecabf955958b51ddfa7988eb0a14, < 867a146690960ac7b89ce40f4ee60dd32eeb1682 | ≥ 6bfd48096ff8ecabf955958b51ddfa7988eb0a14, < c0dbcebc7f390ec7dbe010dcc22c60f0c6bfc26d | ≥ 6bfd48096ff8ecabf955958b51ddfa7988eb0a14, < 9ae4577bc077a7e32c3c7d442c95bc76865c0f17 | 2.6.19

3 vendors · 126 products

References

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