In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn

Remove unnecessary early code development check and the WARN_ON
that it uses. The irq alloc and free paths have long been
cleaned up and this check shouldn't have stuck around so long.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
77ceb68e29ccd25d923b6af59e74ecaf736cc4b7 affected < 4c7276a6daf7e13a6dd30b0347b3f2c7df4d40bb
77ceb68e29ccd25d923b6af59e74ecaf736cc4b7 affected < f8cc4fd99a325505e15c3da95d6de266efd3d9b5
77ceb68e29ccd25d923b6af59e74ecaf736cc4b7 affected < 1417dd787a5e55b410a00a28231b0dcb19172457
77ceb68e29ccd25d923b6af59e74ecaf736cc4b7 affected < dc470466753ad0dd3a8c48aaefa05a992c119b9c
77ceb68e29ccd25d923b6af59e74ecaf736cc4b7 affected < daeaad114cb163ec51bcf14326cb7fe37d368459
77ceb68e29ccd25d923b6af59e74ecaf736cc4b7 affected < abfb2a58a5377ebab717d4362d6180f901b6e5c1
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.4 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.4
5.4.251 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.188 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.121 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.40 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.4.5 unaffected ≤ 6.4.*
6.5 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1417dd787a5e55b410a00a28231b0dcb19172457 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7276a6daf7e13a6dd30b0347b3f2c7df4d40bb cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abfb2a58a5377ebab717d4362d6180f901b6e5c1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daeaad114cb163ec51bcf14326cb7fe37d368459 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc470466753ad0dd3a8c48aaefa05a992c119b9c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8cc4fd99a325505e15c3da95d6de266efd3d9b5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122425-CVE-2023-53994-2d1b@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53994 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53994 cve-icon
History

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Important

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn Remove unnecessary early code development check and the WARN_ON that it uses. The irq alloc and free paths have long been cleaned up and this check shouldn't have stuck around so long.
Title ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T10:55:32.024Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T10:53:46.176Z

Link: CVE-2023-53994

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T11:15:52.300

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:56.260

Link: CVE-2023-53994

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53994 - Bugzilla

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