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CVE-2023-53308· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 4.10, 4.14.316, 4.19.284.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4.10, 4.14.316, 4.19.284 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove() In the (unlikely) event that pm_runtime_get() (disguised as pm_runtime_resume_and_get()) fails, the remove callback returned an error early. The problem with this is that the driver core ignores the error value and continues removing the device. This results in a resource leak. Worse the devm allocated resources are freed and so if a callback of the driver is called later the register mapping is already gone which probably results in a crash.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 16, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel4.9.206 and later · before 4.10
  • linux linux kernel4.14.158 and later · before 4.14.316
  • linux linux kernel4.19.88 and later · before 4.19.284
  • linux linux kernel5.3.15 and later · before 5.4
  • linux linux kernel5.4.1 and later · before 5.4.244
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.181
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.113
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.30
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.3.4
  • linux linux kernel5.4
  • linux linux kernel6.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • d961a58dcc9778948502847303d29d018a49710a, d9c7531fb4708eb3f22cccdb0b7371834d37555a, 5.4affected
    • 982d424239d7fae74938557428d45c717567ea9b and later · before d52a0cca591e899d4e5c8ab19e067b4c6b7d104faffected · git
    • 04748841f7a02ec6ff07fadfc5d1f8e24e61946d and later · before be85912c36ddca3e8b2eef1b5392cd8db6bdb730affected · git
    • a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a and later · before b22b514209ff8c4287abb853399890ab97e1b5caaffected · git
    • a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a and later · before 83996d317b1deddc85006376082e8886f55aa709affected · git
    • a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a and later · before c1bc2870f14e526a01897e14c747a0a0ca125231affected · git
    • a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a and later · before 9407454a9b18bbeff216e8ecde87ffb2171e9ccfaffected · git
    • a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a and later · before e02d8d5b1602689b98d9b91550a11b9b57baedbeaffected · git
    • a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a and later · before f816b9829b19394d318e01953aa3b2721bca040daffected · git
    • 4.14.158 and later · before 4.14.316affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.37-16.1.37-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.3.7-16.3.7-1

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  • Later →CVE-2023-53309Sep 16, 2025 · drm/radeon: Fix integer overflow in radeon_cs_parser_init
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux4.10Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.14.316Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.19.284Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.4Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux83996d317b1deddc85006376082e8886f55aa709Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9407454a9b18bbeff216e8ecde87ffb2171e9ccfVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb22b514209ff8c4287abb853399890ab97e1b5caVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbe85912c36ddca3e8b2eef1b5392cd8db6bdb730Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc1bc2870f14e526a01897e14c747a0a0ca125231Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd52a0cca591e899d4e5c8ab19e067b4c6b7d104fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe02d8d5b1602689b98d9b91550a11b9b57baedbeVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf816b9829b19394d318e01953aa3b2721bca040dVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.37-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-31608220 days apartsmb: server: avoid double-free in smb_direct_free_sendmsg after smb_direct_flush_send_list()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-31609220 days apartsmb: client: avoid double-free in smbd_free_send_io() after smbd_send_batch_flush()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-43011227 days apartnet/x25: Fix potential double free of skb
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-43414234 days apartscsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport double free
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-52993281 days aparttipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-64383312 days apartsmb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_flush() replay
    39Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-415 · Double Free

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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