---
id: CVE-2023-53131
title: 'SUNRPC: Fix a server shutdown leak'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  SUNRPC: Fix a server shutdown leak

  Fix a race where kthread_stop() may prevent the threadfn from ever getting
  called.  If that happens the svc_rqst will not be cleaned…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a <
    ce7dd61e004002bc1c48d1ca47c887f3f3cc7370
  - >-
    Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a <
    ad7e40ee157ba33950a4ccdc284334580da3638d
  - >-
    Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a <
    7a3720361068ab520aed4608bad31ea9a6cc7fe7
  - >-
    Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a <
    f74b3286859463cd63cc9d4aeaabd8b0c640182a
  - >-
    Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a <
    9ca6705d9d609441d34f8b853e1e4a6369b3b171
  - Linux f609266b12d214437cf9d68245dc27f8d4f69836
  - Linux >= 4.9.52 < 4.10
  - Linux 4.12
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T20:18:40.430863Z'
published: '2025-05-02'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T20:21:04.043Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53131'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce7dd61e004002bc1c48d1ca47c887f3f3cc7370'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad7e40ee157ba33950a4ccdc284334580da3638d'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3720361068ab520aed4608bad31ea9a6cc7fe7'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f74b3286859463cd63cc9d4aeaabd8b0c640182a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ca6705d9d609441d34f8b853e1e4a6369b3b171'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00188
epssPercentile: 0.08435
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:31.776Z'
---

## Overview

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

SUNRPC: Fix a server shutdown leak

Fix a race where kthread_stop() may prevent the threadfn from ever getting
called.  If that happens the svc_rqst will not be cleaned up.

## Affected

- `Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a < ce7dd61e004002bc1c48d1ca47c887f3f3cc7370`
- `Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a < ad7e40ee157ba33950a4ccdc284334580da3638d`
- `Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a < 7a3720361068ab520aed4608bad31ea9a6cc7fe7`
- `Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a < f74b3286859463cd63cc9d4aeaabd8b0c640182a`
- `Linux >= ed6473ddc704a2005b9900ca08e236ebb2d8540a < 9ca6705d9d609441d34f8b853e1e4a6369b3b171`
- `Linux f609266b12d214437cf9d68245dc27f8d4f69836`
- `Linux >= 4.9.52 < 4.10`
- `Linux 4.12`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.