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CVE-2023-53368

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53368 is a race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's tracing subsystem, specifically affecting the handling of CPU buffers during write and swap operations. This flaw, categorized as CWE-362, can lead to a kernel warning and potential system instability or denial of service. The vulnerability is rated Medium with a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating that an attacker with local privileges and high attack complexity could trigger a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.10, < 5.4.257CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.195CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.132CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
2.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0012 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.4 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-2023-53368Moderate

kernel: tracing: Fix race issue between cpu buffer write and swap

Sep 17, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/3163f635b20e9e1fb4659e74f47918c9dddfe64e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/37ca1b686078b00cc4ffa008e2190615f7709b5d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6182318ac04648b46db9d441fd7d696337fcdd0b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/74c85396bd73eca80b96510b4edf93b9a3aff75f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/89c89da92a60028013f9539be0dcce7e44405a43
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/90e037cabc2c2dfc39b3dd9c5b22ea91f995539a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c5d30d6aa83d99fba8dfdd9cf6c4e4e7a63244db
Patch