CVE-2023-54238

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 4.3% 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

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

2025-12-30 12:11Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:18Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-30

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-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4cda6035853e333c5c4ec0737a6b501b743d5f2f1630c6d37260826dd03bae7e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234cffda95e1049f58e8ec136ef105c633f0ed19
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68504c66d08c70fb92799722e25a932d311d74fd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e435941b1da1a0be4ff8a7ae425774c76a5ac514