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CVE-2023-53255

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53255 is a resource leak vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the stratix10-svc firmware component. The flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), stems from an unmanaged memory mapping call that could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition if exploited by a local, low-privileged attacker. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, < 5.4.251CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.188CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.121CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.4.5CPE 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
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.4%
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 22nd 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-2023-53255

kernel: firmware: stratix10-svc: Fix a potential resource leak in svc_create_memory_pool()

Sep 15, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1995f15590ca222f91193ed11461862b450abfd6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7363de081c793e47866cb54ce7cb8a480cffc259
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/974ac045a05ad12a0b4578fb303f00dcc22f3aba
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c04ed61ebf01968d7699b121663982493ed577fb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cb8a31a56df8492fb0d900959238e1a3ff8b8981
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e3373e6b6c79aff698442b00d20c9f285d296e46
Patch