CVE-2023-53423 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()
strdup() allocates memory for key_name. We need to release the memory in
the following error paths. Add free() to avoid memory leak.
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/linux1e7e47883830aae5e8246a22ca2fc6883c61acdf — a1368eaea058e451d20ea99ca27e72d9df0d16dd+5
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53423: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections() strdup() allocates memor↗2025-09-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-2c3f-fwwh-c3v4: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()
strdup() allocates mem↗2025-09-18