CVE-2023-53308 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-53308

net: fec: Better handle pm_runtime_get() failing in .remove()

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
982d424239d7fae74938557428d45c717567ea9b, 04748841f7a02ec6ff07fadfc5d1f8e24e61946d, a31eda65ba210741b598044d045480494d0ed52a, d961a58dcc9778948502847303d29d018a49710a, d9c7531fb4708eb3f22cccdb0b7371834d37555a, 4.14.158, 4.19.88, 4.9.206, 5.3.15, 5.4, 0, 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4, 6.4

Timeline

Official Publish: September 16th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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