{"cve":"CVE-2023-53666","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-07T16:15:50.390","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:49.753","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix missing mbhc init error handling\n\nMBHC initialisation can fail so add the missing error handling to avoid\ndereferencing an error pointer when later configuring the jack:\n\n    Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffff8\n\n    pc : wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc]\n    lr : wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x]\n\n    Call trace:\n     wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc]\n     wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x]\n     snd_soc_component_set_jack+0x28/0x8c [snd_soc_core]\n     qcom_snd_wcd_jack_setup+0x7c/0x19c [snd_soc_qcom_common]\n     sc8280xp_snd_init+0x20/0x2c [snd_soc_sc8280xp]\n     snd_soc_link_init+0x28/0x90 [snd_soc_core]\n     snd_soc_bind_card+0x628/0xbfc [snd_soc_core]\n     snd_soc_register_card+0xec/0x104 [snd_soc_core]\n     devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x4c/0xa4 [snd_soc_core]\n     sc8280xp_platform_probe+0xf0/0x108 [snd_soc_sc8280xp]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ee704c84c4bf4df8521ef1478c161f710d0f94","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a34d252052b5da743ef82591c860fc947384d4e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dfae2631bfbdebecd35fe7b472ab3cc95c9ed66","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb241ae928c694e365c30c888c9eb02dcc812dfd"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53666","score":0.00148,"percentile":0.03996,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}