Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53475
Published: October 1, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116315
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53475
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the tegra_xhci_id_work() and tegra_xhci_id_notify() functions in drivers/usb/host/xhci-tegra.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-53475
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1122474b757a5dd8b2b50008a97f33cdb10dff6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/130c61c516cd0684282a8f6ab163281d60642fc5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fe6015aa92cc0dfd875c1d3c7c1750a1b0767d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7f9d2e413dc06a157c4e5dccde84aaf4655eb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4b4f17aa46c025da77aed5133b08971959c9684
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.178