How severe is CVE-2023-53812?

This vulnerability has a CVSS score of (Unknown severity).

How difficult is it to exploit CVE-2023-53812?

Exploit difficulty: HARD. Estimated time to exploit: > 4 hours. Required skills: Advanced security expertise.

CVE-2023-53812 - YourPassGen

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

media: mediatek: vcodec: fix decoder disable pm crash

Can’t call pm_runtime_disable when the architecture support sub device for
‘dev->pm.dev’ is NUll, or will get below crash log.

[ 10.771551] pc : _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x4c/0xa0
[ 10.771556] lr : __pm_runtime_disable+0x30/0x130
[ 10.771558] sp : ffffffc01e4cb800
[ 10.771559] x29: ffffffc01e4cb800 x28: ffffffdf082108a8
[ 10.771563] x27: ffffffc01e4cbd70 x26: ffffff8605df55f0
[ 10.771567] x25: 0000000000000002 x24: 0000000000000002
[ 10.771570] x23: ffffff85c0dc9c00 x22: 0000000000000001
[ 10.771573] x21: 0000000000000001 x20: 0000000000000000
[ 10.771577] x19: 00000000000000f4 x18: ffffffdf2e9fbe18
[ 10.771580] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffffdf2df13c74
[ 10.771583] x15: 00000000000002ea x14: 0000000000000058
[ 10.771587] x13: ffffffdf2de1b62c x12: ffffffdf2e9e30e4
[ 10.771590] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000001
[ 10.771593] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 00000000000000f4
[ 10.771596] x7 : 6bff6264632c6264 x6 : 0000000000008000
[ 10.771600] x5 : 0080000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001
[ 10.771603] x3 : 0000000000000008 x2 : 0000000000000001
[ 10.771608] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000000f4
[ 10.771613] Call trace:
[ 10.771617] _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x4c/0xa0
[ 10.771620] __pm_runtime_disable+0x30/0x130
[ 10.771657] mtk_vcodec_probe+0x69c/0x728 [mtk_vcodec_dec 800cc929d6631f79f9b273254c8db94d0d3500dc]
[ 10.771662] platform_drv_probe+0x9c/0xbc
[ 10.771665] really_probe+0x13c/0x3a0
[ 10.771668] driver_probe_device+0x84/0xc0
[ 10.771671] device_driver_attach+0x54/0x78

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How to fix CVE-2023-53812

CVE-2023-53812 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: fix decoder disable pm crash Can’t call pm_runtime_disable when the architecture support sub device for ‘dev->pm.dev’ is NUll, or will get below crash log. [ 10.771551] pc : _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x4c/0xa0 [ 10.771556] lr : __pm_runtime_disable+0x30/0x130 [ 10.771558] sp : ffffffc01e4cb800 [ 10.771559] x29: […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Full CVE details

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD

⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours

🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise

💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Dec 09, 2025

Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Dec 09, 2025

Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

Detection Rules & IOCs

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