In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove() In the (unlikely) event that pm_runtime_get() (disguised as pm_runtime_resume_and_get()) fails, the remove callback returned an error early. The problem with this is that the driver core ignores the error value and continues removing the device. This results in a resource leak. Worse the devm allocated resources are freed and so if a callback of the driver is called later the register mapping is already gone which probably results in a crash.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Linux
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83996d317b1deddc85006376082e8886f55aa709 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9407454a9b18bbeff216e8ecde87ffb2171e9ccf cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b22b514209ff8c4287abb853399890ab97e1b5ca cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be85912c36ddca3e8b2eef1b5392cd8db6bdb730 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1bc2870f14e526a01897e14c747a0a0ca125231 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d52a0cca591e899d4e5c8ab19e067b4c6b7d104f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02d8d5b1602689b98d9b91550a11b9b57baedbe cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f816b9829b19394d318e01953aa3b2721bca040d cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091641-CVE-2023-53308-51a1@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53308 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53308 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove() In the (unlikely) event that pm_runtime_get() (disguised as pm_runtime_resume_and_get()) fails, the remove callback returned an error early. The problem with this is that the driver core ignores the error value and continues removing the device. This results in a resource leak. Worse the devm allocated resources are freed and so if a callback of the driver is called later the register mapping is already gone which probably results in a crash.
Title net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove()
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-16T16:11:46.998Z

Updated: 2025-09-16T16:11:46.998Z

Reserved: 2025-09-16T16:08:59.561Z

Link: CVE-2023-53308

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-16T17:15:36.597

Modified: 2025-09-17T14:18:55.093

Link: CVE-2023-53308

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53308 - Bugzilla