CVE-2023-53428 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powercap: arm_scmi: Remove recursion while parsing zones
Powercap zones can be defined as arranged in a hierarchy of trees and when
registering a zone with powercap_register_zone(), the kernel powercap
subsystem expects this to happen starting from the root zones down to the
leaves; on the other side, de-registration by powercap_deregister_zone()
must begin from the leaf zones.
Available SCMI powercap zones are retrieved dyna…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxb55eef5226b71edf5422de246bc189da1fdc9000 — b427c23cebc5c926516f20304bf1acc05a33d147+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53428: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powercap: arm_scmi: Remove recursion while parsing zones Powercap zones can be def↗2025-09-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-354h-3w43-8pjm: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powercap: arm_scmi: Remove recursion while parsing zones
Powercap zones can be d↗2025-09-18