CVE-2023-53117

HIGHNVD 7.17.1—

7.1

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

fs: prevent out-of-bounds array speculation when closing a file descriptor

Google-Bug-Id: 114199369

CVSS v3: 7.1
EG Score: 7.1(medium)
EPSS: 1.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

May 2, 2025

Last Modified

November 10, 2025

References (8)

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5d9501b634fd268eb56428cda92cd317752d69
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/609d54441493c99f21c1823dfd66fa7f4c512ff4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6631c8da02cfad96c53b217cf647b511c7f34faf
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a759905de9cd6ec9ca08ceadf0920272772ed830
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cec08b7d1ebcd3138d4658b3868ce26aeb1e8e06
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eea8e4e056a5ffbeb539a13854c017d5d62c756a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f31cd5da636682caea424fa1c22679016cbfc16b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8cd8754a03a3748384ee438c572423643c9c315

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6	2025-05-13	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Red HatRHSA-2025:6966MODERATE2025-05-02
RHSA-2025:6966 — Moderate

Data Freshness Timeline

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2026-05-30 06:14 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 06:14 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-30 06:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-30 03:05 UTCOSV refresh
2026-05-29 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-53117?

CVE-2023-53117 is a high vulnerability published on May 2, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: prevent out-of-bounds array speculation when closing a file descriptor Google-Bug-Id: 114199369

When was CVE-2023-53117 disclosed?

CVE-2023-53117 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 2, 2025, with the most recent update on November 10, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-53117 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-53117 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-53117?

CVE-2023-53117 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-53117?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-53117, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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