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CVE-2023-53316

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53316 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's DisplayPort (DP) component. It occurs when the DP controller is removed, leading to submodules being unregistered after their memory has already been freed, causing system instability. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.10, < 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, < 6.1.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.4, < 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
4.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 20th 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53316

kernel: drm/msm/dp: Free resources after unregistering them

Sep 16, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/3c3f3d35f5e05c468b048eb42a4f8c62c6655692
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4e9f1a2367aea7d61f6781213e25313cd983b0d7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5c3278db06e332fdc14f3f297499fb88ded264d2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c67a55f7cc8d767d624235bf1bcd0947e56abe0f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ca47d0dc00968358c136a1847cfed550cedfd1b5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fa0048a4b1fa7a50c8b0e514f5b428abdf69a6f8
Patch