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CVE-2023-53809

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53809 is a deadlock vulnerability in the Linux kernel's L2TP module. It occurs when a pppol2tp socket's file descriptor is incorrectly passed as a UDP socket's file descriptor, leading to a recursive lock acquisition in l2tp_tunnel_register(). This can cause a system crash or denial of service. The vulnerability has no assigned CVSS score, but its potential for a system-level deadlock suggests a moderate to high impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.10.166, < 5.10.173CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.15.91, < 5.15.99CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.1.9, < 6.1.16CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS data has not been published for this CVE.

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15

Social Chatter

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

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-2023-53809Low

kernel: l2tp: Avoid possible recursive deadlock in l2tp_tunnel_register()

Dec 9, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/4a413d360959962995e16a899cf2b9ef53e9fcb9
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4bb736b40475528ac1aa8c98b368563618488a70
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5370647dd745bb3d8f37057006be207ddd8e9314
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9ca5e7ecab064f1f47da07f7c1ddf40e4bc0e5ac
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f6df58aa15f7d469f69b1dd21b001ff483255244