CVE-2023-53809

kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service via recursive deadlock in L2TP tunnel registration

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 9, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the kernel. A local user can exploit this vulnerability by passing a pppol2tp socket file descriptor as a UDP socket file descriptor during L2TP tunnel registration. This can cause a recursive deadlock, leading to a denial of service (DoS) on the system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-833 · Deadlock