7.8

CVE-2023-53816: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53816DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53816
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53816 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
RHSA-2023:6583RHSA-2023:7077SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:1078-1

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu125 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)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.25-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53, < 5045360f3bb62ccd4f87202e33489f71f8bbc3fc | ≥ 4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53, < 5ca14fb5552ac13a2402d306c0bd2379a71610ff | ≥ 4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53, < 9da050b0d9e04439d225a2ec3044af70cdfb3933 | 3.19

3 vendors · 127 products

References

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