CVE-2023-53330 — 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 95.77%
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: caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request() When linktype is unknown or kzalloc failed in cfctrl_linkup_request(), pkt is not released. Add release process to error path.

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_kernel2.6.35 — 4.14.303+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxb482cd2053e3b90a7b33a78c63cdb6badf2ec383 — badea57569db04b010e922e29a7aaf40a979a70b+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.7-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pxv4-xvvx-325j: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request() When linktype is unknown or kza↗2025-09-16
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OSV
CVE-2023-53330: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request() When linktype is unknown or kzall↗2025-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request()↗2025-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2023-53330: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: caif: fix m...↗2023
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CVE-2023-53330 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase