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CVE-2023-53607

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53607 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the ALSA ymfpci sound driver. It stems from an incorrect assumption about the snd_dma_buffer.bytes field, leading to a BUG_ON condition during the probe function. This issue can cause a denial of service (system crash) on affected Linux systems. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.9.325, < 4.10CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.14.290, < 4.15CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.19.254, < 4.20CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.10.134, < 5.10.177CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.208, < 5.5CPE match
cpe:2.3:a: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
4.1%
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 26th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-348.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
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
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-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53607Low

kernel: ALSA: ymfpci: Fix BUG_ON in probe function

Oct 4, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/32b9bd7cfc2e2d92d595386add4e111b232b351f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6be2e7522eb529b41c16d459f33bbdbcddbf5c15
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/81d2a7e93c8322ca6b858f6736d7fc3d034e6c23
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/96e34c88000febc83e41aa7db0b0a41676314818
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d0217b09910c081b6471181345ea5b24025edf51
Patch