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

srcu: Delegate work to the boot cpu if using SRCU_SIZE_SMALL

Commit 994f706872e6 ("srcu: Make Tree SRCU able to operate without
snp_node array") assumes that cpu 0 is always online. However, there
really are situations when some other CPU is the boot CPU, for example,
when booting a kdump kernel with the maxcpus=1 boot parameter.

On PowerPC, the kdump kernel can hang as follows:
...
[ 1.740036] systemd[1]: Hostname set to <xyz.com>
[ 243.686240] INFO: task systemd:1 blocked for more than 122 seconds.
[ 243.686264] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1
[ 243.686272] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 243.686281] task:systemd state:D stack:0 pid:1 ppid:0 flags:0x00042000
[ 243.686296] Call Trace:
[ 243.686301] [c000000016657640] [c000000016657670] 0xc000000016657670 (unreliable)
[ 243.686317] [c000000016657830] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220
[ 243.686333] [c000000016657890] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x580
[ 243.686347] [c000000016657940] [c000000010f60bb4] schedule+0x74/0x140
[ 243.686361] [c0000000166579b0] [c000000010f699b8] schedule_timeout+0x168/0x1c0
[ 243.686374] [c000000016657a80] [c000000010f61de8] __wait_for_common+0x148/0x360
[ 243.686387] [c000000016657b20] [c000000010176bb0] __flush_work.isra.0+0x1c0/0x3d0
[ 243.686401] [c000000016657bb0] [c0000000105f2768] fsnotify_wait_marks_destroyed+0x28/0x40
[ 243.686415] [c000000016657bd0] [c0000000105f21b8] fsnotify_destroy_group+0x68/0x160
[ 243.686428] [c000000016657c40] [c0000000105f6500] inotify_release+0x30/0xa0
[ 243.686440] [c000000016657cb0] [c0000000105751a8] __fput+0xc8/0x350
[ 243.686452] [c000000016657d00] [c00000001017d524] task_work_run+0xe4/0x170
[ 243.686464] [c000000016657d50] [c000000010020e94] do_notify_resume+0x134/0x140
[ 243.686478] [c000000016657d80] [c00000001002eb18] interrupt_exit_user_prepare_main+0x198/0x270
[ 243.686493] [c000000016657de0] [c00000001002ec60] syscall_exit_prepare+0x70/0x180
[ 243.686505] [c000000016657e10] [c00000001000bf7c] system_call_vectored_common+0xfc/0x280
[ 243.686520] --- interrupt: 3000 at 0x7fffa47d5ba4
[ 243.686528] NIP: 00007fffa47d5ba4 LR: 0000000000000000 CTR: 0000000000000000
[ 243.686538] REGS: c000000016657e80 TRAP: 3000 Not tainted (6.1.0-rc1)
[ 243.686548] MSR: 800000000000d033 <SF,EE,PR,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 42044440 XER: 00000000
[ 243.686572] IRQMASK: 0
[ 243.686572] GPR00: 0000000000000006 00007ffffa606710 00007fffa48e7200 0000000000000000
[ 243.686572] GPR04: 0000000000000002 000000000000000a 0000000000000000 0000000000000001
[ 243.686572] GPR08: 000001000c172dd0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 243.686572] GPR12: 0000000000000000 00007fffa4ff4bc0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 243.686572] GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 243.686572] GPR20: 0000000132dfdc50 000000000000000e 0000000000189375 0000000000000000
[ 243.686572] GPR24: 00007ffffa606ae0 0000000000000005 000001000c185490 000001000c172570
[ 243.686572] GPR28: 000001000c172990 000001000c184850 000001000c172e00 00007fffa4fedd98
[ 243.686683] NIP [00007fffa47d5ba4] 0x7fffa47d5ba4
[ 243.686691] LR [0000000000000000] 0x0
[ 243.686698] --- interrupt: 3000
[ 243.686708] INFO: task kworker/u16:1:24 blocked for more than 122 seconds.
[ 243.686717] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1
[ 243.686724] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 243.686733] task:kworker/u16:1 state:D stack:0 pid:24 ppid:2 flags:0x00000800
[ 243.686747] Workqueue: events_unbound fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn
[ 243.686758] Call Trace:
[ 243.686762] [c0000000166736e0] [c00000004fd91000] 0xc00000004fd91000 (unreliable)
[ 243.686775] [c0000000166738d0] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220
[ 243.686788] [c000000016673930] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x
---truncated---

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00012.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
994f706872e6ce080506bd795ecf783d5b617de6 affected
< 2c4d26dad76eadaa45a24543e311e9ce5d09f04e
994f706872e6ce080506bd795ecf783d5b617de6 affected
< c7c0bc03fa44942fe0fdc5ac52cda6e11529c0ea
994f706872e6ce080506bd795ecf783d5b617de6 affected
< 7f24626d6dd844bfc6d1f492d214d29c86d02550
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.19 affected
—
0 unaffected
< 5.19
6.1.16 unaffected
≤ 6.1.*
6.2.3 unaffected
≤ 6.2.*
6.3 unaffected
≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

Vendor Product Confidence Versions
Linux Linux Kernel — —

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4d26dad76eadaa45a24543e311e9ce5d09f04e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f24626d6dd844bfc6d1f492d214d29c86d02550 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c0bc03fa44942fe0fdc5ac52cda6e11529c0ea cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100705-CVE-2023-53671-a34e@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53671 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53671 cve-icon
History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: srcu: Delegate work to the boot cpu if using SRCU_SIZE_SMALL Commit 994f706872e6 ("srcu: Make Tree SRCU able to operate without snp_node array") assumes that cpu 0 is always online. However, there really are situations when some other CPU is the boot CPU, for example, when booting a kdump kernel with the maxcpus=1 boot parameter. On PowerPC, the kdump kernel can hang as follows: ... [ 1.740036] systemd[1]: Hostname set to <xyz.com> [ 243.686240] INFO: task systemd:1 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 243.686264] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1 [ 243.686272] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 243.686281] task:systemd state:D stack:0 pid:1 ppid:0 flags:0x00042000 [ 243.686296] Call Trace: [ 243.686301] [c000000016657640] [c000000016657670] 0xc000000016657670 (unreliable) [ 243.686317] [c000000016657830] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220 [ 243.686333] [c000000016657890] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x580 [ 243.686347] [c000000016657940] [c000000010f60bb4] schedule+0x74/0x140 [ 243.686361] [c0000000166579b0] [c000000010f699b8] schedule_timeout+0x168/0x1c0 [ 243.686374] [c000000016657a80] [c000000010f61de8] __wait_for_common+0x148/0x360 [ 243.686387] [c000000016657b20] [c000000010176bb0] __flush_work.isra.0+0x1c0/0x3d0 [ 243.686401] [c000000016657bb0] [c0000000105f2768] fsnotify_wait_marks_destroyed+0x28/0x40 [ 243.686415] [c000000016657bd0] [c0000000105f21b8] fsnotify_destroy_group+0x68/0x160 [ 243.686428] [c000000016657c40] [c0000000105f6500] inotify_release+0x30/0xa0 [ 243.686440] [c000000016657cb0] [c0000000105751a8] __fput+0xc8/0x350 [ 243.686452] [c000000016657d00] [c00000001017d524] task_work_run+0xe4/0x170 [ 243.686464] [c000000016657d50] [c000000010020e94] do_notify_resume+0x134/0x140 [ 243.686478] [c000000016657d80] [c00000001002eb18] interrupt_exit_user_prepare_main+0x198/0x270 [ 243.686493] [c000000016657de0] [c00000001002ec60] syscall_exit_prepare+0x70/0x180 [ 243.686505] [c000000016657e10] [c00000001000bf7c] system_call_vectored_common+0xfc/0x280 [ 243.686520] --- interrupt: 3000 at 0x7fffa47d5ba4 [ 243.686528] NIP: 00007fffa47d5ba4 LR: 0000000000000000 CTR: 0000000000000000 [ 243.686538] REGS: c000000016657e80 TRAP: 3000 Not tainted (6.1.0-rc1) [ 243.686548] MSR: 800000000000d033 <SF,EE,PR,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 42044440 XER: 00000000 [ 243.686572] IRQMASK: 0 [ 243.686572] GPR00: 0000000000000006 00007ffffa606710 00007fffa48e7200 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR04: 0000000000000002 000000000000000a 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 [ 243.686572] GPR08: 000001000c172dd0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR12: 0000000000000000 00007fffa4ff4bc0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR20: 0000000132dfdc50 000000000000000e 0000000000189375 0000000000000000 [ 243.686572] GPR24: 00007ffffa606ae0 0000000000000005 000001000c185490 000001000c172570 [ 243.686572] GPR28: 000001000c172990 000001000c184850 000001000c172e00 00007fffa4fedd98 [ 243.686683] NIP [00007fffa47d5ba4] 0x7fffa47d5ba4 [ 243.686691] LR [0000000000000000] 0x0 [ 243.686698] --- interrupt: 3000 [ 243.686708] INFO: task kworker/u16:1:24 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 243.686717] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #1 [ 243.686724] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 243.686733] task:kworker/u16:1 state:D stack:0 pid:24 ppid:2 flags:0x00000800 [ 243.686747] Workqueue: events_unbound fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn [ 243.686758] Call Trace: [ 243.686762] [c0000000166736e0] [c00000004fd91000] 0xc00000004fd91000 (unreliable) [ 243.686775] [c0000000166738d0] [c00000001001dec0] __switch_to+0x130/0x220 [ 243.686788] [c000000016673930] [c000000010f607b8] __schedule+0x1f8/0x ---truncated---
Title srcu: Delegate work to the boot cpu if using SRCU_SIZE_SMALL
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-05T10:21:45.670Z

Reserved: 2025-10-07T15:16:59.663Z

Link: CVE-2023-53671

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-07T16:15:51.000

Modified: 2026-02-26T23:15:00.707

Link: CVE-2023-53671

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-10-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53671 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-08T13:35:25Z

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