In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/iucv: Fix size of interrupt data iucv_irq_data needs to be 4 bytes larger. These bytes are not used by the iucv module, but written by the z/VM hypervisor in case a CPU is deconfigured. Reported as: BUG dma-kmalloc-64 (Not tainted): kmalloc Redzone overwritten ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x0000000000400564-0x0000000000400567 @offset=1380. First byte 0x80 instead of 0xcc Allocated in iucv_cpu_prepare+0x44/0xd0 age=167839 cpu=2 pid=1 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x166/0x450 kmalloc_node_trace+0x3a/0x70 iucv_cpu_prepare+0x44/0xd0 cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x156/0x2f0 cpuhp_issue_call+0xf0/0x298 __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x136/0x338 __cpuhp_setup_state+0xf4/0x288 iucv_init+0xf4/0x280 do_one_initcall+0x78/0x390 do_initcalls+0x11a/0x140 kernel_init_freeable+0x25e/0x2a0 kernel_init+0x2e/0x170 __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58 ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Freed in iucv_init+0x92/0x280 age=167839 cpu=2 pid=1 __kmem_cache_free+0x308/0x358 iucv_init+0x92/0x280 do_one_initcall+0x78/0x390 do_initcalls+0x11a/0x140 kernel_init_freeable+0x25e/0x2a0 kernel_init+0x2e/0x170 __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58 ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Slab 0x0000037200010000 objects=32 used=30 fp=0x0000000000400640 flags=0x1ffff00000010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=0| Object 0x0000000000400540 @offset=1344 fp=0x0000000000000000 Redzone 0000000000400500: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400510: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400520: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400530: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Object 0000000000400540: 00 01 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ Object 0000000000400550: f3 86 81 f2 f4 82 f8 82 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f2 ................ Object 0000000000400560: 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Object 0000000000400570: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400580: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ........ Padding 00000000004005d4: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding 00000000004005e4: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding 00000000004005f4: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZ CPU: 6 PID: 121030 Comm: 116-pai-crypto. Not tainted 6.3.0-20230221.rc0.git4.99b8246b2d71.300.fc37.s390x+debug #1 Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 704 (z/VM 7.3.0) Call Trace: [<000000032aa034ec>] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0x100 [<0000000329f5a6cc>] check_bytes_and_report+0x104/0x140 [<0000000329f5aa78>] check_object+0x370/0x3c0 [<0000000329f5ede6>] free_debug_processing+0x15e/0x348 [<0000000329f5f06a>] free_to_partial_list+0x9a/0x2f0 [<0000000329f5f4a4>] __slab_free+0x1e4/0x3a8 [<0000000329f61768>] __kmem_cache_free+0x308/0x358 [<000000032a91465c>] iucv_cpu_dead+0x6c/0x88 [<0000000329c2fc66>] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x156/0x2f0 [<000000032aa062da>] _cpu_down.constprop.0+0x22a/0x5e0 [<0000000329c3243e>] cpu_device_down+0x4e/0x78 [<000000032a61dee0>] device_offline+0xc8/0x118 [<000000032a61e048>] online_store+0x60/0xe0 [<000000032a08b6b0>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x150/0x1e8 [<0000000329fab65c>] vfs_write+0x174/0x360 [<0000000329fab9fc>] ksys_write+0x74/0x100 [<000000032aa03a5a>] __do_syscall+0x1da/0x208 [<000000032aa177b2>] system_call+0x82/0xb0 INFO: lockdep is turned off. FIX dma-kmalloc-64: Restoring kmalloc Redzone 0x0000000000400564-0x0000000000400567=0xcc FIX dma-kmalloc-64: Object at 0x0000000000400540 not freed
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-53108 is rated Low Risk (24.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). 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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.01% | 0.16% | +0.15% |
| 2 | 2026-06-10 | 0.05% | 0.01% | -0.04% |
| 3 | 2026-02-26 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 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-2023-53108 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-2023-53108 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53108 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53108/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-53108 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 142, not-affected 93, needed 20, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53108 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 2.6.21, < 4.14.311 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.15, < 4.19.279 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.20, < 5.4.238 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.5, < 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 | 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:*:*:*:*:*:* |