CVE-2023-53850 | iavf: use internal state to free traffic IRQs

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: use internal state to free traffic IRQs If the system tries to close the netdev while iavf_reset_task() is running, __LINK_STATE_START will be cleared and netif_running() will return false in iavf_reinit_interrupt_scheme(). This will result in iavf_free_traffic_irqs() not being called and a leak as follows: [7632.489326] remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/999', leaking at least 'iavf-enp24s0f0v0-TxRx-0' [7632.490214] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 10 at fs/proc/generic.c:718 remove_proc_entry+0x19b/0x1b0 is shown when pci_disable_msix() is later called. Fix by using the internal adapter state. The traffic IRQs will always exist if state == __IAVF_RUNNING.

Published: 2025-12-09 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-53850 is rated Low Risk (8.8/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53850

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.19% +0.17%
2 2025-12-09 0.02%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53850

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OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53850

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-53850 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53850
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53850
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53850/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-53850 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 173, released 84, needed 70, not-affected 68. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53850

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53850

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References for CVE-2023-53850

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