CVE-2023-53842: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-53842 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 12Timeline
- 09-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: codecs: wcd-mbhc-v2: fix resource leaks on component remove The MBHC resources must be released on component probe failure and removal so can not be tied to the lifetime of the component device. This is specifically needed to allow probe deferrals of the sound card which otherwise fails when reprobing the codec component: snd-sc8280xp sound: ASoC: failed to instantiate card -517 genirq: Flags mismatch irq 299. 00002001 (mbhc sw intr) vs. 00002001 (mbhc sw intr) wcd938x_codec audio-codec: Failed to request mbhc interrupts -16 wcd938x_codec audio-codec: mbhc initialization failed wcd938x_codec audio-codec: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on audio-codec: -16 snd-sc8280xp sound: ASoC: failed to instantiate card -16
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.24% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu109 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)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.11-1
Linux1 product
- linux≥ 0e5c9e7ff899808afa4e2b08c2e6ccc469bed681, < 90ab6446eb522e31421b77bf8f45714f5668f9a3 | ≥ 0e5c9e7ff899808afa4e2b08c2e6ccc469bed681, < 17feff71d06c96dea1fa72451c20d411e9d5ac8f | ≥ 0e5c9e7ff899808afa4e2b08c2e6ccc469bed681, < ce4059e1c0aca972446e06c09ee09a0d2ba5df54 | ≥ 0e5c9e7ff899808afa4e2b08c2e6ccc469bed681, < a5475829adcc600bc69ee9ff7c9e3e43fb4f8d30 | 5.14
3 vendors · 111 products