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CVE-2023-53282

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53282 is a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in the Linux kernel's lpfc SCSI driver, specifically affecting the sysfs firmware write process. A driver accessed freed memory, leading to a KFENCE violation. It carries a CVSSv3.1 score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating that a local attacker can achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.15.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.2.3CPE 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
4.6%
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 21st 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

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53282Moderate

kernel: scsi: lpfc: Fix use-after-free KFENCE violation during sysfs firmware write

Sep 16, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/21681b81b9ae548c5dae7ae00d931197a27f480c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/51ab4eb1a25e73c7fc2ad9026520c4d8369c93cc
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8becb97918f04bb177bc9c4e00c2bdb302e00944
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8dfefa8f424ab208e552df1bfd008b732f3d0ad1
Patch