CVE-2023-53990

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 4.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2025-12-24 10:55Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:16Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-24

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-413Improper Resource LockingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2b6487eba000e04377ce4116b6262964a6f2f6fe9b870277db1dd16f8d017c24

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f87e18203bd30f71eb1a65259e28e291b6cc43a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aa9d065b0685b4e6052f3f2a2462966fdc44fd2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb36365dac25d546ca4af0eb22acb43c9b4ddfdf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32a046ccaeea6c19965c04a4c521e703f6607924
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab9ddc87a9055c4bebd6524d5d761d605d52e557