CVE-2023-53437: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.14.308 (fixed in 4.14.308); from 4.15, before 4.19.276 (fixed in 4.19.276); from 4.20, before 5.4.235 (fixed in 5.4.235); from 5.5, before 5.10.173 (fixed in 5.10.173); from 5.11, before 5.15.100 (fixed in 5.15.100); from 5.16, before 6.1.18 (fixed in 6.1.18); …

Published 2025-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.