CVE-2023-53168

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-09-15 14:03Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 19:39Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-09-15

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-909Missing Initialization of ResourceClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e5a56736e4196536219a53656963c7236cb5fe8de6c8476389e95f7a19c036b2

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e8525f37871741a52370627633962f8bdcab15a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8346d21d1d8a63f46f60e6899f4f80b1306acf32
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02d210f434249a7edbc160969b75df030dc6934d