What is CVE-2023-53084?

CVE-2023-53084 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-53084?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2023-53084

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/shmem-helper: Remove another errant put in error path drm_gem_shmem_mmap() doesn't own reference in error code path, resulting in the dma-buf shmem GEM object getting prematurely freed leading to a later use-after-free.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.002 (7.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5.10, 5.10.176, 5.9.5
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.10, 6.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53084?: CVE-2023-53084 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-53084?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.