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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-53519 json

media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy

published 2025-10-01 13 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-32746

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy

Getting below error when using KCSAN to check the driver. Adding lock to protect parameter num_rdy when getting the value with function: v4l2_m2m_num_src_bufs_ready/v4l2_m2m_num_dst_bufs_ready.

kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]BUG: KCSAN: data-race in v4l2_m2m_buf_queue kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]

kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]read-write to 0xffffff8105f35b94 of 1 bytes by task 20865 on cpu 7: kworker/u16:3:  v4l2_m2m_buf_queue+0xd8/0x10c

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.14.324, 4.19.293, 5.4.255, 5.10.192, 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.52-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.4.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53519

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-169.187
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-91.101
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1116.126
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1051.56
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1120.129
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1048.56
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1048.53
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1063.68

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53519

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:6966

  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.22.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.22.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.22.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:4189-1SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1SUSE-SU-2025:20870-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-53519 updated cvss 5.3

kernel: media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, perf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, rtla 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, python3-perf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-tools 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +27 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:6966
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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