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Linux Kernel CVE-2023-53099

MEDIUM
Improper Locking (CWE-667)
2025-05-02 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative

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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:39 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:39 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
May 02, 2025 - 16:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

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

firmware: xilinx: don't make a sleepable memory allocation from an atomic context

The following issue was discovered using lockdep: [ 6.691371] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/sched/mm.h:209 [ 6.694602] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0 [ 6.702431] 2 locks held by swapper/0/1: [ 6.706300] #0: ffffff8800f6f188 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock+0x4c/0x90 [ 6.714900] #1: ffffffc009a2abb8 (enable_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: clk_enable_lock+0x4c/0x140 [ 6.723156] irq event stamp: 304030 [ 6.726596] hardirqs last enabled at (304029): [<ffffffc008d17ee0>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xc0/0xd0 [ 6.736142] hardirqs last disabled at (304030): [<ffffffc00876bc5c>] clk_enable_lock+0xfc/0x140 [ 6.744742] softirqs last enabled at (303958): [<ffffffc0080904f0>] _stext+0x4f0/0x894 [ 6.752655] softirqs last disabled at (303951): [<ffffffc0080e53b8>] irq_exit+0x238/0x280 [ 6.760744] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G U 5.15.36 #2 [ 6.768048] Hardware name: xlnx,zynqmp (DT) [ 6.772179] Call trace: [ 6.774584] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x300 [ 6.778197] show_stack+0x18/0x30 [ 6.781465] dump_stack_lvl+0xb8/0xec [ 6.785077] dump_stack+0x1c/0x38 [ 6.788345] ___might_sleep+0x1a8/0x2a0 [ 6.792129] __might_sleep+0x6c/0xd0 [ 6.795655] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x270/0x3d0 [ 6.800127] do_feature_check_call+0x100/0x220 [ 6.804513] zynqmp_pm_invoke_fn+0x8c/0xb0 [ 6.808555] zynqmp_pm_clock_getstate+0x90/0xe0 [ 6.813027] zynqmp_pll_is_enabled+0x8c/0x120 [ 6.817327] zynqmp_pll_enable+0x38/0xc0 [ 6.821197] clk_core_enable+0x144/0x400 [ 6.825067] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.828851] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.832635] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.836419] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.840203] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.843987] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.847771] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.851555] clk_core_enable_lock+0x24/0x50 [ 6.855683] clk_enable+0x24/0x40 [ 6.858952] fclk_probe+0x84/0xf0 [ 6.862220] platform_probe+0x8c/0x110 [ 6.865918] really_probe+0x110/0x5f0 [ 6.869530] __driver_probe_device+0xcc/0x210 [ 6.873830] driver_probe_device+0x64/0x140 [ 6.877958] __driver_attach+0x114/0x1f0 [ 6.881828] bus_for_each_dev+0xe8/0x160 [ 6.885698] driver_attach+0x34/0x50 [ 6.889224] bus_add_driver+0x228/0x300 [ 6.893008] driver_register+0xc0/0x1e0 [ 6.896792] __platform_driver_register+0x44/0x60 [ 6.901436] fclk_driver_init+0x1c/0x28 [ 6.905220] do_one_initcall+0x104/0x590 [ 6.909091] kernel_init_freeable+0x254/0x2bc [ 6.913390] kernel_init+0x24/0x130 [ 6.916831] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Fix it by passing the GFP_ATOMIC gfp flag for the corresponding memory allocation.

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: xilinx: don't make a sleepable memory allocation from an atomic context The following issue was discovered using lockdep:. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-667. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: xilinx: don't make a sleepable memory allocation from an atomic context The following issue was discovered using lockdep: [ 6.691371] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/sched/mm.h:209 [ 6.694602] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0 [ 6.702431] 2 locks held by swapper/0/1: [ 6.706300] #0: ffffff8800f6f188 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock+0x4c/0x90 [ 6.714900] #1: ffffffc009a2abb8 (enable_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: clk_enable_lock+0x4c/0x140 [ 6.723156] irq event stamp: 304030 [ 6.726596] hardirqs last enabled at (304029): [<ffffffc008d17ee0>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xc0/0xd0 [ 6.736142] hardirqs last disabled at (304030): [<ffffffc00876bc5c>] clk_enable_lock+0xfc/0x140 [ 6.744742] softirqs last enabled at (303958): [<ffffffc0080904f0>] _stext+0x4f0/0x894 [ 6.752655] softirqs last disabled at (303951): [<ffffffc0080e53b8>] irq_exit+0x238/0x280 [ 6.760744] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G U 5.15.36 #2 [ 6.768048] Hardware name: xlnx,zynqmp (DT) [ 6.772179] Call trace: [ 6.774584] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x300 [ 6.778197] show_stack+0x18/0x30 [ 6.781465] dump_stack_lvl+0xb8/0xec [ 6.785077] dump_stack+0x1c/0x38 [ 6.788345] ___might_sleep+0x1a8/0x2a0 [ 6.792129] __might_sleep+0x6c/0xd0 [ 6.795655] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x270/0x3d0 [ 6.800127] do_feature_check_call+0x100/0x220 [ 6.804513] zynqmp_pm_invoke_fn+0x8c/0xb0 [ 6.808555] zynqmp_pm_clock_getstate+0x90/0xe0 [ 6.813027] zynqmp_pll_is_enabled+0x8c/0x120 [ 6.817327] zynqmp_pll_enable+0x38/0xc0 [ 6.821197] clk_core_enable+0x144/0x400 [ 6.825067] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.828851] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.832635] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.836419] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.840203] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.843987] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.847771] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.851555] clk_core_enable_lock+0x24/0x50 [ 6.855683] clk_enable+0x24/0x40 [ 6.858952] fclk_probe+0x84/0xf0 [ 6.862220] platform_probe+0x8c/0x110 [ 6.865918] really_probe+0x110/0x5f0 [ 6.869530] __driver_probe_device+0xcc/0x210 [ 6.873830] driver_probe_device+0x64/0x140 [ 6.877958] __driver_attach+0x114/0x1f0 [ 6.881828] bus_for_each_dev+0xe8/0x160 [ 6.885698] driver_attach+0x34/0x50 [ 6.889224] bus_add_driver+0x228/0x300 [ 6.893008] driver_register+0xc0/0x1e0 [ 6.896792] __platform_driver_register+0x44/0x60 [ 6.901436] fclk_driver_init+0x1c/0x28 [ 6.905220] do_one_initcall+0x104/0x590 [ 6.909091] kernel_init_freeable+0x254/0x2bc [ 6.913390] kernel_init+0x24/0x130 [ 6.916831] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Fix it by passing the GFP_ATOMIC gfp flag for the corresponding memory allocation. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:5.4.4.5.16 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/base-5.5:2.0.4-5.8.181 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-Azure-llc Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-Azure-ltd Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-EC2-llc Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-EC2-ltd Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5:2.0.4-3.5.346 Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5:2.0.4-4.5.402 Affected
Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE Affected

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