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ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn Remove unnecessary early code development check and the WARN_ON that it uses. The irq alloc and free paths have long been cleaned up and this check shouldn't have stuck around so long.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.188, 5.15.121, 5.4.251, 6.1.40, 6.4.5
CVEs
CVE-2023-53994
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 22:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Dec 2025, 10:55 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: remove WARN_ON to prevent panic_on_warn Remove unnecessary early code development check and the WARN_ON that it uses. The irq alloc and free paths have long been cleaned up and this check shouldn't have stuck around so long.

osv:CVE-2023-53994

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.40, 6.4.5

Complete source record
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