Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.27/6.2.14/6.3.1 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function pm_runtime_disable of the component vcodec. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-53812. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.27/6.2.14/6.3.1. Affected is the function pm_runtime_disable of the component vcodec. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: fix decoder disable pm crash Can't call pm_runtime_disable when the architecture support sub device for 'dev->pm.dev' is NUll, or will get below crash log. [ 10.771551] pc : _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x4c/0xa0 [ 10.771556] lr : __pm_runtime_disable+0x30/0x130 [ 10.771558] sp : ffffffc01e4cb800 [ 10.771559] x29: ffffffc01e4cb800 x28: ffffffdf082108a8 [ 10.771563] x27: ffffffc01e4cbd70 x26: ffffff8605df55f0 [ 10.771567] x25: 0000000000000002 x24: 0000000000000002 [ 10.771570] x23: ffffff85c0dc9c00 x22: 0000000000000001 [ 10.771573] x21: 0000000000000001 x20: 0000000000000000 [ 10.771577] x19: 00000000000000f4 x18: ffffffdf2e9fbe18 [ 10.771580] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffffdf2df13c74 [ 10.771583] x15: 00000000000002ea x14: 0000000000000058 [ 10.771587] x13: ffffffdf2de1b62c x12: ffffffdf2e9e30e4 [ 10.771590] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000001 [ 10.771593] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 00000000000000f4 [ 10.771596] x7 : 6bff6264632c6264 x6 : 0000000000008000 [ 10.771600] x5 : 0080000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 [ 10.771603] x3 : 0000000000000008 x2 : 0000000000000001 [ 10.771608] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000000f4 [ 10.771613] Call trace: [ 10.771617] _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x4c/0xa0 [ 10.771620] __pm_runtime_disable+0x30/0x130 [ 10.771657] mtk_vcodec_probe+0x69c/0x728 [mtk_vcodec_dec 800cc929d6631f79f9b273254c8db94d0d3500dc] [ 10.771662] platform_drv_probe+0x9c/0xbc [ 10.771665] really_probe+0x13c/0x3a0 [ 10.771668] driver_probe_device+0x84/0xc0 [ 10.771671] device_driver_attach+0x54/0x78

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-53812 since 12/09/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278354 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53812), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.28, 6.2.15 or 6.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c692a44bc5146eb487f40798a1ea8dd57fd2607d/03e9773388a27242e6139f3d5b5fd00112adb5c3/34fe290090ecfcf405cad9d0e0ddc8b8246ffaa2/9d2f13fb47dcab6d094f34ecfd6a879a409722b3 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (278354) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2765). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10
• 6.2.11
• 6.2.12
• 6.2.13
• 6.2.14
• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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