CVE-2023-53448 — Reachable Assertion in Linux

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Removed unneeded release_mem_region Remove unnecessary release_mem_region from the error path to prevent mem region from being released twice, which could avoid resource leak or other unexpected issues.

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_kernel6.0 — 6.1.42+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.52-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxb083c22d51148f3d3028291343196471be5d9f36 — 6aa851f6276fa08cd59b044bc2b803c49edf58a2+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4hg6-gwcj-8xvf: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Removed unneeded release_mem_region Remove unnecessary release_mem↗2025-10-01
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OSV
CVE-2023-53448: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Removed unneeded release_mem_region Remove unnecessary release_mem_r↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: fbdev: imxfb: Removed unneeded release_mem_region↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2023-53448: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxf...↗2023
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