CVE-2023-53318 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 16

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.15 — 4.19.284+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxa50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e — bd39f68a309a947670379bf9a39b16c584f86ddb+10
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53318: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function Common realloc mistake: 'fil↗2025-09-16
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GHSA
GHSA-2q38-88hx-3qf7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function Common realloc mistake: 'f↗2025-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function↗2025-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2023-53318: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcoun...↗2023
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CVE-2023-53318 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase