CVE-2023-53036 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

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]

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.11%	0.16%	+0.05%
2	2026-06-12	0.21%	0.11%	-0.10%
3	2026-06-10	—	0.21%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.11%

0.16%

+0.05%

2026-06-12

0.21%

0.11%

-0.10%

2026-06-10

—

0.21%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53036

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2023-53036 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53036
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53036
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53036/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2023-53036 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 150, released 92, not-affected 89, needed 75.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53036

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.18.1, < 6.1.22	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.2, < 6.2.9	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:-::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc2::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc3::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc4::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc5::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc6::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc7::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.3	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1::::::

References for CVE-2023-53036

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bb18d2a873d2fa9625c8ea927723660a868b95	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a02dae3bbfe2df8e1c81e61a08695709e9588f9	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f06b902511ea05526f405ee64da54a8313d91831	Patch

URL

CVE-2023-53036 | drm/amdgpu: Fix call trace warning and hang when removing amdgpu device

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53036

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53036

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-53036

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53036

References for CVE-2023-53036