CVE-2023-53131: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Fix a server shutdown leak Fix a race where kthread_stop() may prevent the threadfn from ever getting called. If that happens the svc_rqst will not be cleaned up.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.9.52, before 4.10 (fixed in 4.10); from 4.12, before 5.10.175 (fixed in 5.10.175); from 5.11, before 5.15.103 (fixed in 5.15.103); from 5.16, before 6.1.20 (fixed in 6.1.20); from 6.2, before 6.2.7 (fixed in 6.2.7); version 6.3 only

Published 2025-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.