#VU115898 Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53373
Published: September 19, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115898
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53373
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the seqiv_aead_encrypt_complete2() function in crypto/seqiv.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1effbddaff60eeef8017c6dea1ee0ed970164d14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32e62025e5e52fbe4812ef044759de7010b15dbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ec108b7bd7e280edb22de028467bd09d644620
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d497e8b200a175094e0ac252ed878add39b8771
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63551e4b7cbcd9914258827699eb2cb6ed6e4a16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9477db935eb690f697d9bcc4f608927841bc8b36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae849d2f48019ff9c104e32bf588ccbfb200e971
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc4d0d4251748a8a68026938f4055d2ac47c5719
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.308