CVE-2023-53563 (GCVE-0-2023-53563)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-04 15:17 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:47| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
14eb1c96e3a3fd9cd377ac9af3c7a410f8bf1015 , < fcf78a17bbb94bebaa912f0460a1848f7d374c94
(git)
Affected: 14eb1c96e3a3fd9cd377ac9af3c7a410f8bf1015 , < 84857640c67405eed258c461b3ef909002f1e201 (git) Affected: 14eb1c96e3a3fd9cd377ac9af3c7a410f8bf1015 , < 0f74f12ee042fd72e45f0e8700e063c84ef3883b (git) Affected: 14eb1c96e3a3fd9cd377ac9af3c7a410f8bf1015 , < 60dd283804479c4a52f995b713f448e2cd65b8c8 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.1 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.53 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4.16 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5.3 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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