CVE-2023-53816
Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53816DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53816
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Deferred
Published: 09 Dec 2025, 00:01
Last modified:05 Aug 2026, 09:16
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100 CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.14% LOW
0% probability +0.12%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
09 Dec 2025, 00:01
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2026, 09:16
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs kgd_mem pointers returned by kfd_process_device_translate_handle are only guaranteed to be valid while p->mutex is held. As soon as the mutex is unlocked, another thread can free the BO.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.14%• Percentile: 4%
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
all | < 6.1.25-1 | < 6.1.25-1 | < 6.1.25-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all | all
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References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5045360f3bb62ccd4f87202e33489f71f8bbc3fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ca14fb5552ac13a2402d306c0bd2379a71610ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da050b0d9e04439d225a2ec3044af70cdfb3933
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53816
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53816
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/9da050b0d9e04439d225a2ec3044af70cdfb3933
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53816