CVE-2023-53996 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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

02Affected products

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

03Active exploitation status

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

04Recommended remediation

• 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.

05Technical details

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

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

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

08Timeline

• Published: 2025-12-24T11:15:52.507
• Last modified: 2026-08-04T10:19:25.110

09References

• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6615212d8e131b45bd9705b0d69cc0d2f624666f
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ae7457e71a320867d868f2622d7c643596e4f43
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac3f9c9f1b37edaa7d1a9b908bc79d843955a1a2
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba50e7773a99a109a1ea6f753b766a080d3b21cc