CVE-2023-53012

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: call put_device() only after device_register() fails put_device() shouldn't be called before a prior call to device_register(). __thermal_cooling_device_register() doesn't follow that properly and needs fixing. Also thermal_cooling_device_destroy_sysfs() is getting called unnecessarily on few error paths. Fix all this by placing the calls at the right place. Based on initial work done by Caleb Connolly.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux
Linux/Linux 108a6f91e2766a6d9142b1f2d90c07ac547eae7e - a7d736cc3c6cb0d7498bbfb56515d414e35e9510
Linux/Linux 5139cbc0c6e4bf2fcffc9a7ed4350bf6985bc561
Linux/Linux 6.0.16 - 6.1
Linux/Linux 80bb3b901abe6560620505e5c734d140c4f73a07 - 2846a7412f6246fd5171f51011bf76dfebcec0ee
Linux/Linux c408b3d1d9bbc7de5fb0304fea424ef2539da616 - 6c54b7bc8a31ce0f7cc7f8deef05067df414f1d8
Linux/Linux c4c435d3637b5d0abaa6447c7366c3674364968a
Linux/Linux e0d8b51bbe84d6a98c162e06344de2d773d9e722
linux/linux_kernel 6.2 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.15.86 - 5.16
Published Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026