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CVE-2023-53488

Medium 5.5

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/hfi1: Fix possible panic during hotplug remove During hotplug remove it is possible that the update counters work might be pending, and may run after memory has been freed. Cancel the update counters work before freeing memory.

Affected products

linux: linux kernel

References8

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUM Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
0% percentile: 5 · as of 9 November 2026

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