CVE-2023-53098

CVE-2023-53098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel with a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5. It is not currently listed as actively exploited by CISA, and its EPSS exploit-prediction score is low. The underlying weakness is classified as CWE-476.

Key facts

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rc: gpio-ir-recv: add remove function In case runtime PM is enabled, do runtime PM clean up to remove cpu latency qos request, otherwise driver removal may have below kernel dump: [ 19.463299] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000048 [ 19.472161] Mem abort info: [ 19.474985] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 19.478754] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 19.484081] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 19.487149] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 19.490361] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 19.495256] Data abort info: [ 19.498149] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 19.501997] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 19.504977] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000049f81000 [ 19.511432] [0000000000000048] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 19.518245] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 19.524520] Modules linked in: gpio_ir_recv(+) rc_core [last unloaded: rc_core] [ 19.531845] CPU: 0 PID: 445 Comm: insmod Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-00028-g2c397a46d47c #72 [ 19.531854] Hardware name: FSL i.MX8MM EVK board (DT) [ 19.531859] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 19.551777] pc : cpu_latency_qos_remove_request+0x20/0x110 [ 19.557277] lr : gpio_ir_recv_runtime_suspend+0x18/0x30 [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.557294] sp : ffff800008ce3740 [ 19.557297] x29: ffff800008ce3740 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff800008ce3d50 [ 19.574270] x26: ffffc7e3e9cea100 x25: 00000000000f4240 x24: ffffc7e3f9ef0e30 [ 19.574284] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff0061803820f4 x21: 0000000000000008 [ 19.574296] x20: ffffc7e3fa75df30 x19: 0000000000000020 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 19.588570] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffc7e3f9efab70 x15: ffffffffffffffff [ 19.595712] x14: ffff800008ce37b8 x13: ffff800008ce37aa x12: 0000000000000001 [ 19.602853] x11: 0000000000000001 x10: ffffcbe3ec0dff87 x9 : 0000000000000008 [ 19.609991] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000f0bfe9f [ 19.624261] x5 : 00ffffffffffffff x4 : 0025ab8e00000000 x3 : ffff006180382010 [ 19.631405] x2 : ffffc7e3e9ce8030 x1 : ffffc7e3fc3eb810 x0 : 0000000000000020 [ 19.638548] Call trace: [ 19.640995] cpu_latency_qos_remove_request+0x20/0x110 [ 19.646142] gpio_ir_recv_runtime_suspend+0x18/0x30 [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.652339] pm_generic_runtime_suspend+0x2c/0x44 [ 19.657055] __rpm_callback+0x48/0x1dc [ 19.660807] rpm_callback+0x6c/0x80 [ 19.664301] rpm_suspend+0x10c/0x640 [ 19.667880] rpm_idle+0x250/0x2d0 [ 19.671198] update_autosuspend+0x38/0xe0 [ 19.675213] pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay+0x40/0x60 [ 19.680442] gpio_ir_recv_probe+0x1b4/0x21c [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.685941] platform_probe+0x68/0xc0 [ 19.689610] really_probe+0xc0/0x3dc [ 19.693189] __driver_probe_device+0x7c/0x190 [ 19.697550] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x110 [ 19.701739] __driver_attach+0xf4/0x200 [ 19.705578] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xd0 [ 19.709417] driver_attach+0x24/0x30 [ 19.712998] bus_add_driver+0x17c/0x240 [ 19.716834] driver_register+0x78/0x130 [ 19.720676] __platform_driver_register+0x28/0x34 [ 19.725386] gpio_ir_recv_driver_init+0x20/0x1000 [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.731404] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x2ac [ 19.735243] do_init_module+0x48/0x1d0 [ 19.739003] load_module+0x19fc/0x2034 [ 19.742759] __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x12c [ 19.747124] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x20/0x30 [ 19.751664] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 [ 19.755420] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0xec [ 19.760132] do_el0_svc+0x38/0xb0 [ 19.763456] el0_svc+0x2c/0x84 [ 19.766516] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xf4/0x120 [ 19.770789] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 19.774460] Code: 910003fd a90153f3 aa0003f3 91204021 (f9401400) [ 19.780556] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53098?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rc: gpio-ir-recv: add remove function In case runtime PM is enabled, do runtime PM clean up to remove cpu latency qos request, otherwise driver removal may have below kernel dump: [ 19.463299] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000048 [ 19.472161] Mem abort info: [ 19.474985] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 19.478754] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 19.484081] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 19.487149] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 19.490361] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 19.495256] Data abort info: [ 19.498149] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 19.501997] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 19.504977] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000049f81000 [ 19.511432] [0000000000000048] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 19.518245] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 19.524520] Modules linked in: gpio_ir_recv(+) rc_core [last unloaded: rc_core] [ 19.531845] CPU: 0 PID: 445 Comm: insmod Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-00028-g2c397a46d47c #72 [ 19.531854] Hardware name: FSL i.MX8MM EVK board (DT) [ 19.531859] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 19.551777] pc : cpu_latency_qos_remove_request+0x20/0x110 [ 19.557277] lr : gpio_ir_recv_runtime_suspend+0x18/0x30 [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.557294] sp : ffff800008ce3740 [ 19.557297] x29: ffff800008ce3740 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff800008ce3d50 [ 19.574270] x26: ffffc7e3e9cea100 x25: 00000000000f4240 x24: ffffc7e3f9ef0e30 [ 19.574284] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff0061803820f4 x21: 0000000000000008 [ 19.574296] x20: ffffc7e3fa75df30 x19: 0000000000000020 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 19.588570] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffc7e3f9efab70 x15: ffffffffffffffff [ 19.595712] x14: ffff800008ce37b8 x13: ffff800008ce37aa x12: 0000000000000001 [ 19.602853] x11: 0000000000000001 x10: ffffcbe3ec0dff87 x9 : 0000000000000008 [ 19.609991] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000f0bfe9f [ 19.624261] x5 : 00ffffffffffffff x4 : 0025ab8e00000000 x3 : ffff006180382010 [ 19.631405] x2 : ffffc7e3e9ce8030 x1 : ffffc7e3fc3eb810 x0 : 0000000000000020 [ 19.638548] Call trace: [ 19.640995] cpu_latency_qos_remove_request+0x20/0x110 [ 19.646142] gpio_ir_recv_runtime_suspend+0x18/0x30 [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.652339] pm_generic_runtime_suspend+0x2c/0x44 [ 19.657055] __rpm_callback+0x48/0x1dc [ 19.660807] rpm_callback+0x6c/0x80 [ 19.664301] rpm_suspend+0x10c/0x640 [ 19.667880] rpm_idle+0x250/0x2d0 [ 19.671198] update_autosuspend+0x38/0xe0 [ 19.675213] pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay+0x40/0x60 [ 19.680442] gpio_ir_recv_probe+0x1b4/0x21c [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.685941] platform_probe+0x68/0xc0 [ 19.689610] really_probe+0xc0/0x3dc [ 19.693189] __driver_probe_device+0x7c/0x190 [ 19.697550] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x110 [ 19.701739] __driver_attach+0xf4/0x200 [ 19.705578] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xd0 [ 19.709417] driver_attach+0x24/0x30 [ 19.712998] bus_add_driver+0x17c/0x240 [ 19.716834] driver_register+0x78/0x130 [ 19.720676] __platform_driver_register+0x28/0x34 [ 19.725386] gpio_ir_recv_driver_init+0x20/0x1000 [gpio_ir_recv] [ 19.731404] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x2ac [ 19.735243] do_init_module+0x48/0x1d0 [ 19.739003] load_module+0x19fc/0x2034 [ 19.742759] __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x12c [ 19.747124] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x20/0x30 [ 19.751664] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 [ 19.755420] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0xec [ 19.760132] do_el0_svc+0x38/0xb0 [ 19.763456] el0_svc+0x2c/0x84 [ 19.766516] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xf4/0x120 [ 19.770789] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 19.774460] Code: 910003fd a90153f3 aa0003f3 91204021 (f9401400) [ 19.780556] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
How severe is CVE-2023-53098?
CVE-2023-53098 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5, rated medium severity. It is exploitable over local access with low attack complexity, requires low privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is none, integrity none, and availability high.
Is CVE-2023-53098 being actively exploited?
It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 0% (6th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
What products are affected by CVE-2023-53098?
CVE-2023-53098 affects Linux Linux Kernel. See the affected-products list for the exact vulnerable versions.
How do I fix CVE-2023-53098?
Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround.
Does CVE-2023-53098 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?
Yes. CVE-2023-53098 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2025-13158.
When was CVE-2023-53098 published?
CVE-2023-53098 was published on 2025-05-02 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

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