CVE-2023-53267 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver: soc: xilinx: fix memory leak in xlnx_add_cb_for_notify_event()
The kfree() should be called when memory fails to be allocated for
cb_data in xlnx_add_cb_for_notify_event(), otherwise there will be
a memory leak, so add kfree() to fix it.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux05e5ba40ea7ab6a99bb8d6117c899d0e13ca8700 — d35290addcbac94b076babe0a798a8c043421812+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53267: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver: soc: xilinx: fix memory leak in xlnx_add_cb_for_notify_event() The kfree()↗2025-09-16
GHSA▶
GHSA-73gq-mxp2-9hwr: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver: soc: xilinx: fix memory leak in xlnx_add_cb_for_notify_event()
The kfree↗2025-09-16