CVE-2023-53994 — Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux

CWE-703 — Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.0MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn Remove unnecessary early code development check and the WARN_ON that it uses. The irq alloc and free paths have long been cleaned up and this check shouldn't have stuck around so long.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.4.0 — 5.4.251+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux77ceb68e29ccd25d923b6af59e74ecaf736cc4b7 — 4c7276a6daf7e13a6dd30b0347b3f2c7df4d40bb+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn↗2025-12-24
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GHSA
GHSA-xcjm-pf9x-jpg2: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn Remove unnecessary early code dev↗2025-12-24
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OSV
CVE-2023-53994: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn Remove unnecessary early code devel↗2025-12-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn↗2025-12-24
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Debian
CVE-2023-53994: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: remo...↗2023
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-53994 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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