CVE-2023-53350 — 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 94.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/qaic: Fix slicing memory leak The temporary buffer storing slicing configuration data from user is only freed on error. This is a memory leak. Free the buffer unconditionally.

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_kernel6.4 — 6.4.12+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.4.13-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxff13be8303336ead5621712f2c55012d738878b5 — df45c3e46cdb41f486eecb4277fbcc4c1ffbf9be+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.4.13-1 (forky)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h7wj-hh9r-8g9p: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/qaic: Fix slicing memory leak The temporary buffer storing slicing configu↗2025-09-17
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OSV
CVE-2023-53350: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/qaic: Fix slicing memory leak The temporary buffer storing slicing configura↗2025-09-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: accel/qaic: Fix slicing memory leak↗2025-09-17
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Debian
CVE-2023-53350: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/qaic:...↗2023
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CVE-2023-53350 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase