What is CVE-2023-54053?

CVE-2023-54053 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.4 onward and patched in 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113 and others. CVE-2023-54053 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-54053?

CVE-2023-54053 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54053?

Yes, CVE-2023-54053 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-54053 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-54053 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-54053

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix possible NULL pointer dereference It is possible that iwl_pci_probe() will fail and free the trans, then afterwards iwl_pci_remove() will be called and crash by trying to access trans which is already freed, fix it. iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected crf-id 0xa5a5a5a2, cnv-id 0xa5a5a5a2 wfpm id 0xa5a5a5a2 iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Can't find a correct rfid for crf id 0x5a2 ... BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 ... RIP: 0010:iwl_pci_remove+0x12/0x30 [iwlwifi] pci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0 device_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0 driver_detach+0x4c/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x5c/0xd0 driver_unregister+0x31/0x50 pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90 iwl_pci_unregister_driver+0x15/0x20 [iwlwifi] __exit_compat+0x9/0x98 [iwlwifi] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x147/0x260

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4, 6.4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.4

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.244 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.181 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.113 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.30 6.1.x ✓ 6.3.4 6.3.x ✓ 6.4

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-54053 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/0f9a1bcb94016d3a3c455a77b01f6bb06e15f6eb
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc0d287c1e7dcb39a3b9bb0f8679cd68c2156c7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7545f21eee1356ec98581125c4dba9c4c0cc7397
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-54053?

CVE-2023-54053 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.4 onward and has been patched in 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113 and others. CVE-2023-54053 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54053?

Yes — CVE-2023-54053 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-54053 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-54053 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.