CVE-2023-53217 — Linux vulnerability

5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nubus: Partially revert proc_create_single_data() conversion The conversion to proc_create_single_data() introduced a regression whereby reading a file in /proc/bus/nubus results in a seg fault: # grep -r . /proc/bus/nubus/e/ Data read fault at 0x00000020 in Super Data (pc=0x1074c2) BAD KERNEL BUSERR Oops: 00000000 Modules linked in: PC: [] PDE_DATA+0xc/0x16 SR: 2010 SP: 38284958 a2: 01152370 d0: 00000001 d1: 01013000 d2: 010…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.18 — 5.10.188+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux3f3942aca6da351a12543aa776467791b63b3a78 — f70407e8e0272e00d133c5e039168ff1bae6bcac+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.38-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53217: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nubus: Partially revert proc_create_single_data() conversion The conversion to pro↗2025-09-15
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GHSA
GHSA-973h-6xgh-w3xj: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nubus: Partially revert proc_create_single_data() conversion The conversion to p↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: nubus: Partially revert proc_create_single_data() conversion↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2023-53217: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nubus: Part...↗2023
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