The vulnerabilities of the functions freezer_apply_state() and freezer_change_state() in the kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c module of the Linux operating system allow attackers to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

🗓️ 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType

The vulnerabilities of the freezer_apply_state() and freezer_change_state() functions in the kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c module of the Linux operating system are related to the occurrence of mutual locking. Exploiting these vulnerabilities coul...

Reporter	Title	Published	Views	Family All 17
Tenable Nessus	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-169)	3 May 202300:00	–	nessus
Tenable Nessus	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53522	8 Oct 202500:00	–	nessus
Amazon	Important: kernel	3 May 202300:00	–	amazon
AstraLinux	Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10	19 Jun 202611:10	–	astralinux
CNNVD	Linux kernel 安全漏洞	1 Oct 202500:00	–	cnnvd
CVE	CVE-2023-53522	1 Oct 202511:46	–	cve
Cvelist	CVE-2023-53522 cgroup,freezer: hold cpu_hotplug_lock before freezer_mutex	1 Oct 202511:46	–	cvelist
Debian CVE	CVE-2023-53522	1 Oct 202511:46	–	debiancve
NVD	CVE-2023-53522	1 Oct 202512:15	–	nvd
OSV	BELL-CVE-2023-53522	2 Oct 202506:05	–	osv

Vulners

Node

red_hat red_hat_enterprise_linuxMatch9

Source	Link
access	www.access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-53522
git	www.git.kernel.org/linus/57dcd64c7e036299ef526b400a8d12b8a2352f26
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/34fbb7b45bae20b551dda24337c7761ca13ce69d
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/3756171b97c307d9df8b8ded1d883eec30172085
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/57dcd64c7e036299ef526b400a8d12b8a2352f26
lore	www.lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100133-CVE-2023-53522-4e19@gregkh/
cve	www.cve.org/CVERecord
web	www.web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail

17 Feb 2026 00:00Current

7.1High risk

Vulners AI Score7.1

CVSS 26.8

CVSS 37.8

EPSS0.00141