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CVE-2023-53607

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-04
Fix available
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ymfpci: Fix BUG_ON in probe function The snd_dma_buffer.bytes field now contains the aligned size, which this snd_BUG_ON() did not account for, resulting in the following: [ 9.625915] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 9.633440] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 126 at sound/pci/ymfpci/ymfpci_main.c:2168 snd_ymfpci_create+0x681/0x698 [snd_ymfpci] [ 9.648926] Modules linked in: snd_ymfpci(+) snd_intel_dspcfg kvm(+) snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_ac97_codec snd_mpu401_uart snd_opl3_lib irqbypass snd_hda_codec gameport snd_rawmidi crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul cfg80211 snd_hda_core polyval_clmulni polyval_generic gf128mul snd_seq_device ghash_clmulni_intel snd_hwdep ac97_bus sha512_ssse3 rfkill snd_pcm aesni_intel tg3 snd_timer crypto_simd snd mxm_wmi libphy cryptd k10temp fam15h_power pcspkr soundcore sp5100_tco wmi acpi_cpufreq mac_hid dm_multipath sg loop fuse dm_mod bpf_preload ip_tables x_tables ext4 crc32c_generic crc16 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi firewire_ohci crc32c_intel firewire_core xhci_pci crc_itu_t pata_via xhci_pci_renesas floppy [ 9.711849] CPU: 0 PID: 126 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.1.21-1-lts #1 08d2e5ece03136efa7c6aeea9a9c40916b1bd8da [ 9.722200] Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M./990FX Extreme4, BIOS P2.70 06/05/2014 [ 9.732204] Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn [ 9.736580] RIP: 0010:snd_ymfpci_create+0x681/0x698 [snd_ymfpci] [ 9.742594] Code: 8c c0 4c 89 e2 48 89 df 48 c7 c6 92 c6 8c c0 e8 15 d0 e9 ff 48 83 c4 08 44 89 e8 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 d3 7a 33 e3 <0f> 0b e9 cb fd ff ff 41 bd fb ff ff ff eb db 41 bd f4 ff ff ff eb [ 9.761358] RSP: 0018:ffffab64804e7da0 EFLAGS: 00010287 [ 9.766594] RAX: ffff8fa2df06c400 RBX: ffff8fa3073a8000 RCX: ffff8fa303fbc4a8 [ 9.773734] RDX: ffff8fa2df06d000 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: 0000000000000020 [ 9.780876] RBP: ffff8fa300b5d0d0 R08: ffff8fa3073a8e50 R09: 00000000df06bf00 [ 9.788018] R10: ffff8fa2df06bf00 R11: 00000000df068200 R12: ffff8fa3073a8918 [ 9.795159] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: ffff8fa2df068200 [ 9.802317] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fa9fec00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 9.810414] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 9.816158] CR2: 000055febaf66500 CR3: 0000000101a2e000 CR4: 00000000000406f0 [ 9.823301] Call Trace: [ 9.825747] <TASK> [ 9.827889] snd_card_ymfpci_probe+0x194/0x950 [snd_ymfpci b78a5fe64b5663a6390a909c67808567e3e73615] [ 9.837030] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x90/0x2d0 [ 9.841918] local_pci_probe+0x45/0x80 [ 9.845680] work_for_cpu_fn+0x1a/0x30 [ 9.849431] process_one_work+0x1c7/0x380 [ 9.853464] worker_thread+0x1af/0x390 [ 9.857225] ? rescuer_thread+0x3b0/0x3b0 [ 9.861254] kthread+0xde/0x110 [ 9.864414] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 9.869210] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [ 9.872792] </TASK> [ 9.874985] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-617

Attacker-controllable input can reach an assertion that aborts the process when it fails, so a check meant for debugging becomes a denial-of-service in production. A single crafted request takes the service down. The fix is to handle unexpected input gracefully on reachable paths rather than asserting on it.

General guidance for the reachable assertion class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 4.9.325, < 4.10>= 4.14.290, < 4.15>= 4.19.254, < 4.20>= 5.4.208, < 5.5>= 5.10.134, < 5.10.177>= 5.11, < 5.15.106>= 5.16, < 6.1.23>= 6.2, < 6.2.10= 6.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.10 / 4.15 / 4.20 or later
Fixed in 4.104.154.20
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 5.5 or later (or the next stable release in each affected branch: 4.10+, 4.15+, 4.20+)

  1. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 4.10 or later for 4.9.x branches, 4.15 or later for 4.14.x branches, 4.20 or later for 4.19.x branches, or 5.5 or later for 5.4.x branches.
  2. Ensure the system is rebooted after kernel upgrade to load the fixed kernel.
  3. Verify the fix by checking that the snd_ymfpci driver loads without triggering the snd_BUG_ON assertion warning in dmesg.
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require recompiling out-of-tree kernel modules; ensure compatible drivers are available for the target kernel version

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