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CVE-2023-53141

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53141 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ILA (Identifier-Locator Addressing) component, specifically within the ila_xlat_nl_cmd_get_mapping() function. This flaw causes the kernel to generate an empty network buffer (skb), triggering a sanity check and leading to a system warning. The vulnerability is rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) due to its local attack vector and low attack complexity, with a potential impact of high availability degradation (denial of service). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.5, < 4.14.310CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.278CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.237CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.175CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.103CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 35th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53141

kernel: ila: do not generate empty messages in ila_xlat_nl_cmd_get_mapping()

May 2, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/25b54f247ea060aeb85ec88a82c75060fca03521
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/42d9ed4e5dc5f87fbd67c232e2e4a9b88ceeb47f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/60fe7cb483c8c5dcadaeeac867251d6e59c7badc
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/693aa2c0d9b6d5b1f2745d31b6e70d09dbbaf06e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/783f218940b3c7b872e4111d0145000f26ecbdf6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/91aceb3844d4aec555c7f423f9fd843eff5835e9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b26bc5861505f04dea933ca3e522772b20fa086f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c631e52aea0fc8d4deea06e439f5810a8b40ad0f
Patch