Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2023-53073
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/amd/core: Always clear status for idx The variable 'status' (which contains the unhandled overflow bits) is not being properly masked in some cases, displaying the following warning: WARNING: CPU: 156 PID: 475601 at arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:972 amd_pmu_v2_handle_irq+0x216/0x270 This seems to be happening because the loop is being continued before the status bit being unset, in case x86_perf_event_set_period() returns 0. This is also causing an inconsistency because the "handled" counter is incremented, but the status bit is not cleaned. Move the bit cleaning together above, together when the "handled" counter is incremented.
EPSS: 0.002 (7.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 7685665c390dc68c2d9a74e8445f41494cc8f6cf, 5.19, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.3
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-53073?
- CVE-2023-53073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2023-53073?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.