CVE-2023-53424Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: mediatek: fix of_iomap memory leak Smatch reports: drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mtk.c:583 mtk_clk_simple_probe() warn: 'base' from of_iomap() not released on lines: 496. This problem was also found in linux-next. In mtk_clk_simple_probe(), base is not released when handling errors if clk_data is not existed, which may cause a leak. So free_base should be added here to release base.

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 Packages8 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.156.3.13+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.164-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linuxc58cd0e40ffac67961b945793876b973728f9b80847d5dd788ce05f0aaaa36ea174f7f0b9cf86f7d+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)
debiandebian/linux-6.1< linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hp7p-hw7m-prxm: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: mediatek: fix of_iomap memory leak Smatch reports: drivers/clk/mediatek/clk2025-09-18
OSV
CVE-2023-53424: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: mediatek: fix of_iomap memory leak Smatch reports: drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-m2025-09-18

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: clk: mediatek: fix of_iomap memory leak2025-09-18
Microsoft
clk: mediatek: fix of_iomap memory leak2025-09-09
Debian
CVE-2023-53424: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: mediat...2023