Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2023-53501
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind When unbinding pasid - a race condition exists vs outstanding page faults. To prevent this, the pasid_state object contains a refcount. * set to 1 on pasid bind * incremented on each ppr notification start * decremented on each ppr notification done * decremented on pasid unbind Since refcount_dec assumes that refcount will never reach 0: the current implementation causes the following to be invoked on pasid unbind: REFCOUNT_WARN("decrement hit 0; leaking memory") Fix this issue by changing refcount_dec to refcount_dec_and_test to explicitly handle refcount=1.
EPSS: 0.001 (3.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 8bc54824da4e8fcf0ed679cf09ac32f23d83254a, 5.15, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-53501?
- CVE-2023-53501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-10-01.
- How severe is CVE-2023-53501?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.