Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53712

 

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53712

Published: October 23, 2025 / Updated: October 26, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117607
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53712
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the machine_crash_nonpanic_core() function in arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2023-53712

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 6.1.55
kernel - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
perf - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-301.0.0.204

External References

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