CVE-2023-54316 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource7 documents6 sources
Severity
2.5LOW
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 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t Running the refscale test occasionally crashes the kernel with the following error: [ 8569.952896] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffe8 [ 8569.952900] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 8569.952902] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 8569.952904] PGD c4b048067 P4D c4b049067 PUD c4b04b067 PMD 0 [ 8569.952910] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEM…

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.9.0 — 5.10.195+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux653ed64b01dc5989f8f579d0038e987476c2c023 — 066fbd8bc981cf49923bf828b7b4092894df577f+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-54316: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t Running the refscale test occa↗2025-12-30
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GHSA
GHSA-2fjh-g9hr-2x3g: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t Running the refscale test oc↗2025-12-30
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OSV
refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t↗2025-12-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
kernel: refscale: Fix uninitalized use of wait_queue_head_t↗2025-12-30
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Debian
CVE-2023-54316: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: refscale: F...↗2023
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-54316 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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