CVE-2023-53519 — Improper Locking in Linux

CWE-667 — Improper LockingCWE-820 — Missing Synchronization5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy Getting below error when using KCSAN to check the driver. Adding lock to protect parameter num_rdy when getting the value with function: v4l2_m2m_num_src_bufs_ready/v4l2_m2m_num_dst_bufs_ready. kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]BUG: KCSAN: data-race in v4l2_m2m_buf_queue kworker/u16:3: [name:report&] kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]read-write to 0xffffff8105f35b94 of 1 bytes…

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.39 — 4.14.324+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux908a0d7c588ef87e5cf0a26805e6002a78ac9d13 — 690dd4780b3f4d755e4e7883e8c3d1b5052f6bf2+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g4hw-wv9w-w499: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy Getting below error w↗2025-10-01
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OSV
CVE-2023-53519: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy Getting below error whe↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2023-53519: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2...↗2023
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