CVE-2023-53508

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.8)—

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

ublk: fail to start device if queue setup is interrupted

In ublk_ctrl_start_dev(), if wait_for_completion_interruptible() is interrupted by signal, queues aren't setup successfully yet, so we have to fail UBLK_CMD_START_DEV, otherwise kernel oops can be triggered.

Reported by German when working on qemu-storage-deamon which requires single thread ublk daemon.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 7.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 5
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Primary impactT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact75 %
Secondary impactT1561.002 Disk Structure Wipeimpact70 %

Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L, PR:L) sin interacción del usuario que permite escalada de privilegios mediante interrupción de inicialización de dispositivo ublk, causando kernel panic (DoS) o corrupción de datos.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Threat Intelligence Program Filter Network Traffic Execution Prevention Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software

Affected technologies (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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