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CVE-2023-53013

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53013 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ptdma driver, where the pt_core_execute_cmd() function attempts to acquire a mutex from an interrupt context, leading to a kernel panic. This flaw is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), requiring local access and low privileges to achieve a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15, < 5.15.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53013Low

kernel: ptdma: pt_core_execute_cmd() should use spinlock

Mar 27, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/13ba563c2c8055ba8a637c9f70bb833b43cb4207
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/95e5fda3b5f9ed8239b145da3fa01e641cf5d53c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ed0d8f731e0bf1bb12a7a37698ac613db20e2794
Patch