CVE-2023-53512 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.14%
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: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix a memory leak Add a forgotten kfree().

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_kernel4.16 — 5.10.173+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxdbec4c9040edc15442c3ebdb65408aa9d3b82c24 — 30c7c72b6cf9d8c95f9b219c9d2e4e31b15bebe5+5
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53512: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix a memory leak Add a forgotten kfree()↗2025-10-01
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GHSA
GHSA-f27v-g69j-2x4q: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix a memory leak Add a forgotten kfree()↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix a memory leak↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2023-53512: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpt3s...↗2023
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