CVE-2023-53470

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 5.0% 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

2025-10-01 11:42Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 19:45Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-01

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-252Unchecked Return ValueBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

dc85a7cdbabed64318a57939c5294f62278d4cc38138bd21958ac960905da8b3

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c177dd465f5c1e5f242cdb9258826c591c257e9a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d02efe7f25158c93146e3bb827bc7bb3cd5e71a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5325f50de5b1433b27dda7ccff5cb7283722a3f1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0020c16c8af7f4bc9503a2088fb30793b6771fac
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760