What is CVE-2023-53671?

CVE-2023-53671 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.19 onward and patched in 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. CVE-2023-53671 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53671?

CVE-2023-53671 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-2023-53671?

Yes, CVE-2023-53671 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-53671 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-53671 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-53671

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: srcu: Delegate work to the boot cpu if using SRCU_SIZE_SMALL Commit 994f706872e6 ("srcu: Make Tree SRCU able to operate without snp_node array") assumes that cpu 0 is always online. However, there really are situations when some other CPU is the boot CPU, for example, when booting a kdump kernel with the maxcpus=1 boot parameter. On PowerPC, the kdump kernel can hang as follows: ... [ 1.740036] systemd[1]: Hostname set to <xyz.com> [ 243.686240] INFO: task systemd:1 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 243.686264] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1 [ 243.686272] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 243.686281] task:systemd state:D stack:0 pid:1 ppid:0 flags:0x00042000 [ 243.686296] Call Trace: [ 243.686301] [c000000016657640] [c000000016657670] 0xc000000016657670 (unreliable) [ 243.686317] [c000000016657830] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220 [ 243.686333] [c000000016657890] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x580 [ 243.686347] [c000000016657940] [c000000010f60bb4] schedule+0x74/0x140 [ 243.686361] [c0000000166579b0] [c000000010f699b8] schedule_timeout+0x168/0x1c0 [ 243.686374] [c000000016657a80] [c000000010f61de8] __wait_for_common+0x148/0x360 [ 243.686387] [c000000016657b20] [c000000010176bb0] __flush_work.isra.0+0x1c0/0x3d0 [ 243.686401] [c000000016657bb0] [c0000000105f2768] fsnotify_wait_marks_destroyed+0x28/0x40 [ 243.686415] [c000000016657bd0] [c0000000105f21b8] fsnotify_destroy_group+0x68/0x160 [ 243.686428] [c000000016657c40] [c0000000105f6500] inotify_release+0x30/0xa0 [ 243.686440] [c000000016657cb0] [c0000000105751a8] __fput+0xc8/0x350 [ 243.686452] [c000000016657d00] [c00000001017d524] task_work_run+0xe4/0x170 [ 243.686464] [c000000016657d50] [c000000010020e94] do_notify_resume+0x134/0x140 [ 243.686478] [c000000016657d80] [c00000001002eb18] interrupt_exit_user_prepare_main+0x198/0x270 [ 243.686493] [c000000016657de0] [c00000001002ec60] syscall_exit_prepare+0x70/0x180 [ 243.686505] [c000000016657e10] [c00000001000bf7c] system_call_vectored_common+0xfc/0x280 [ 243.686520] --- interrupt: 3000 at 0x7fffa47d5ba4 [ 243.686528] NIP: 00007fffa47d5ba4 LR: 0000000000000000 CTR: 0000000000000000 [ 243.686538] REGS: c000000016657e80 TRAP: 3000 Not tainted (6.1.0-rc1) [ 243.686548] MSR: 800000000000d033 <SF,EE,PR,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 42044440 XER: 00000000 [ 243.686572] IRQMASK: 0 [ 243.686572] GPR00: 0000000000000006 00007ffffa606710 00007fffa48e7200 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR04: 0000000000000002 000000000000000a 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 [ 243.686572] GPR08: 000001000c172dd0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR12: 0000000000000000 00007fffa4ff4bc0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR20: 0000000132dfdc50 000000000000000e 0000000000189375 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR24: 00007ffffa606ae0 0000000000000005 000001000c185490 000001000c172570 [ 243.686572] GPR28: 000001000c172990 000001000c184850 000001000c172e00 00007fffa4fedd98 [ 243.686683] NIP [00007fffa47d5ba4] 0x7fffa47d5ba4 [ 243.686691] LR [0000000000000000] 0x0 [ 243.686698] --- interrupt: 3000 [ 243.686708] INFO: task kworker/u16:1:24 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 243.686717] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1 [ 243.686724] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 243.686733] task:kworker/u16:1 state:D stack:0 pid:24 ppid:2 flags:0x00000800 [ 243.686747] Workqueue: events_unbound fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn [ 243.686758] Call Trace: [ 243.686762] [c0000000166736e0] [c00000004fd91000] 0xc00000004fd91000 (unreliable) [ 243.686775] [c0000000166738d0] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220 [ 243.686788] [c000000016673930] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x ---truncated---

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-07

Last modified 2026-02-26

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 5.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.19

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.16 6.1.x ✓ 6.2.3 6.2.x ✓ 6.3

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-53671 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/2c4d26dad76eadaa45a24543e311e9ce5d09f04e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f24626d6dd844bfc6d1f492d214d29c86d02550
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c0bc03fa44942fe0fdc5ac52cda6e11529c0ea
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-53671

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-07

Modified 2026-02-26

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53671?

CVE-2023-53671 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.19 onward and has been patched in 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. CVE-2023-53671 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53671?

CVE-2023-53671 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-2023-53671?

Yes — CVE-2023-53671 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-53671 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-53671 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.