🛡️ CVE-2023-53859 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/idle: mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr linux-next commit ("cpuidle: tracing: Warn about !rcu_is_watching()") adds a new warning which hits on s390's arch_cpu_idle() function: RCU not on for: arch_cpu_idle+0x0/0x28 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at include/linux/trace_recursion.h:162 arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258 Modules linked in: CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6-next-20230202 #4 Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 703 (z/VM 7.3.0) Krnl PSW : 0404d00180000000 00000000002b55c0 (arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258) R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:1 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3 Krnl GPRS: c0000000ffffbfff 0000000080000002 0000000000000026 0000000000000000 0000037ffffe3a28 0000037ffffe3a20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000f4acf6 00000000001044f0 0000037ffffe3cb0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000002b55bc 0000037ffffe3bb8 Krnl Code: 00000000002b55b0: c02000840051 larl %r2,0000000001335652 00000000002b55b6: c0e5fff512d1 brasl %r14,0000000000157b58 #00000000002b55bc: af000000 mc 0,0 >00000000002b55c0: a7f4ffe7 brc 15,00000000002b558e 00000000002b55c4: 0707 bcr 0,%r7 00000000002b55c6: 0707 bcr 0,%r7 00000000002b55c8: eb6ff0480024 stmg %r6,%r15,72(%r15) 00000000002b55ce: b90400ef lgr %r14,%r15 Call Trace: [<00000000002b55c0>] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258 ([<00000000002b55bc>] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258) [<0000000000f5f0fc>] ftrace_common+0x1c/0x20 [<00000000001044f6>] arch_cpu_idle+0x6/0x28 [<0000000000f4acf6>] default_idle_call+0x76/0x128 [<00000000001cc374>] do_idle+0xf4/0x1b0 [<00000000001cc6ce>] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40 [<0000000000119d00>] smp_start_secondary+0x140/0x150 [<0000000000f5d2ae>] restart_int_handler+0x6e/0x90 Mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr like all other architectures with CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR (should) have it to fix this.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-53859 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.1.20-1; earlier versions remain affected.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53859 is recorded against 1 package.

  • linux (fixed in 6.1.20-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 9 December 2025 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-12-09
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux 6.1.20-1

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