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🛡️ CVE-2023-53353 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

accel/habanalabs: postpone mem_mgr IDR destruction to hpriv_release()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

accel/habanalabs: postpone mem_mgr IDR destruction to hpriv_release()

The memory manager IDR is currently destroyed when user releases the

file descriptor.

However, at this point the user context might be still held, and memory

buffers might be still in use.

Later on, calls to release those buffers will fail due to not finding

their handles in the IDR, leading to a memory leak.

To avoid this leak, split the IDR destruction from the memory manager

fini, and postpone it to hpriv_release() when there is no user context

and no buffers are used.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2023-53353 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 5.1.0 up to 6.3.4)
  • linux-kernel (from 5.1 up to 6.3.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 September 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-09-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 5.1.0 6.3.4
linux-kernel 5.1 6.3.4

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