What is CVE-2023-53036?

CVE-2023-53036 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.18 onward and patched in 6.1.22, 6.2.9 and 6.3. CVE-2023-53036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53036?

CVE-2023-53036 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53036?

Yes, CVE-2023-53036 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.22, 6.2.9 and 6.3. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-53036 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-53036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-53036

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix call trace warning and hang when removing amdgpu device On GPUs with RAS enabled, below call trace and hang are observed when shutting down device. v2: use DRM device unplugged flag instead of shutdown flag as the check to prevent memory wipe in shutdown stage. [ +0.000000] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_vram_mgr_fini+0x18d/0x1c0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000001] PKRU: 55555554 [ +0.000001] Call Trace: [ +0.000001] <TASK> [ +0.000002] amdgpu_ttm_fini+0x140/0x1c0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000183] amdgpu_bo_fini+0x27/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000184] gmc_v11_0_sw_fini+0x2b/0x40 [amdgpu] [ +0.000163] amdgpu_device_fini_sw+0xb6/0x510 [amdgpu] [ +0.000152] amdgpu_driver_release_kms+0x16/0x30 [amdgpu] [ +0.000090] drm_dev_release+0x28/0x50 [drm] [ +0.000016] devm_drm_dev_init_release+0x38/0x60 [drm] [ +0.000011] devm_action_release+0x15/0x20 [ +0.000003] release_nodes+0x40/0xc0 [ +0.000001] devres_release_all+0x9e/0xe0 [ +0.000001] device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0x80 [ +0.000003] device_release_driver_internal+0xff/0x160 [ +0.000001] driver_detach+0x4a/0x90 [ +0.000001] bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xf0 [ +0.000001] driver_unregister+0x31/0x50 [ +0.000001] pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90 [ +0.000003] amdgpu_exit+0x15/0x120 [amdgpu]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-05-02

Last modified 2025-11-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.18 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.22, 6.2.9, 6.3 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.18

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.22 6.1.x ✓ 6.2.9 6.2.x ✓ 6.3

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-53036 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bb18d2a873d2fa9625c8ea927723660a868b95
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a02dae3bbfe2df8e1c81e61a08695709e9588f9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f06b902511ea05526f405ee64da54a8313d91831
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-53036

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-05-02

Modified 2025-11-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53036?

CVE-2023-53036 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.18 onward and has been patched in 6.1.22, 6.2.9 and 6.3. CVE-2023-53036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53036?

CVE-2023-53036 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53036?

Yes — CVE-2023-53036 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.22, 6.2.9 and 6.3. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-53036 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-53036 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.