Understanding CVE-2023-53866 and Its Implications Recently, a vulnerability labeled CVE-2023-53866 has been identified within the Linux kernel. This flaw relates to the ASoC subsystem, specifically concerning the soc-compress function. If panic_on_warn is configured, initiating a compress stream (DPCM) can trigger a kernel panic. This occurs when the pcm_mutex is not properly maintained, leading to significant […]













