# CVE-2023-53994: ionic: remove WARN\_ON to prevent panic\_on\_warn

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.4

## Description

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.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7276a6daf7e13a6dd30b0347b3f2c7df4d40bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8cc4fd99a325505e15c3da95d6de266efd3d9b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1417dd787a5e55b410a00a28231b0dcb19172457
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc470466753ad0dd3a8c48aaefa05a992c119b9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daeaad114cb163ec51bcf14326cb7fe37d368459
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abfb2a58a5377ebab717d4362d6180f901b6e5c1

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