What is CVE-2023-53207?

CVE-2023-53207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-53207?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2023-53207

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: fail to recover device if queue setup is interrupted In ublk_ctrl_end_recovery(), if wait_for_completion_interruptible() is interrupted by signal, queues aren't setup successfully yet, so we have to fail UBLK_CMD_END_USER_RECOVERY, otherwise kernel oops can be triggered.

EPSS: 0.001 (4.1th 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 c732a852b419fa057b53657e2daaf9433940391c, 6.1, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.5

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53207?: CVE-2023-53207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-53207?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.