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CVE-2023-53138 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

CVSS

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.18% (top 92.10%)

CWE

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Published

2025-05-02T16:15:32.720

Last modified

2026-08-04T10:18:56.010

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1793da97a23e31c5bf06631f3f3e5a25f368fd64
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/287027d8a567168a5d8ce5cb0cba16a34791a48c
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f14457e1584224f4296af613bbd99deb60b5d91
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a45c3cf0e2242a533657f4f535d9b6a7447a79
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9781e98a97110f5e76999058368b4be76a788484
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dc16be373b382ddd4c274052a6e870a95e76c01
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3aaec463a632cf4187dc017e421bfa69d7834a9
git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1a11bbdbb5ea9f172019c5a4a3e9d8eabd72179

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