CVE-2023-53799
crypto: api - Use work queue in crypto_destroy_instance
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
09 Dec 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: api - Use work queue in crypto_destroy_instance
The function crypto_drop_spawn expects to be called in process
context. However, when an instance is unregistered while it still
has active users, the last user may cause the instance to be freed
in atomic context.
Fix this by delaying the freeing to a work queue.
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/048545d9fc6424b0a11e7e8771225bb9afe09422https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/625bf86bf53eb7a8ee60fb9dc45b272b77e5ce1chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/867a146690960ac7b89ce40f4ee60dd32eeb1682https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ae4577bc077a7e32c3c7d442c95bc76865c0f17https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0dbcebc7f390ec7dbe010dcc22c60f0c6bfc26dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4cb61c5f976183c07d16b0071f0c60bc212ef1f