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CVE-2023-53205

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53205 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM s390/diag component, specifically affecting the handling of physical CPU numbers during diag 9c operations. This flaw, categorized as an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787), allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the CVSS score is 7.8, there is currently no known public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates available, and it has not been added to CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public awareness or active exploitation at this time.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.13, < 5.15.121CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-553.el8_10
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53205Moderate

kernel: KVM: s390/diag: fix racy access of physical cpu number in diag 9c handler

Sep 15, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0bc380beb78aa352eadbc21d934dd9606fcee808
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/86bfb18bad60fc468e5f112cbbd918462a8dd435
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a9ccf140a2a03a0ae82be4bdfbdd17bdaea72ff5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/dc7e0192c470a53d847c79a2796f9ac429477a26
Patch