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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-53099 is rated Low Risk (30.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-10 | 0.02% | 0.09% | +0.07% |
| 2 | 2025-05-03 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-53099 not yet assigned 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-2023-53099 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53099 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53099/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-53099 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 146, not-affected 139, released 120, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53099 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.9.12, < 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.10.1, < 5.10.176 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.11, < 5.15.104 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16, < 6.1.21 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.2.8 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.10:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.10:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |