CVE-2023-53518 — 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 97.44%
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: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release() srcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released with a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call. Reported by kmemleak.

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_kernel4.7 — 4.14.326+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 — 7462483446cb9986568ad7adae746ce5f18d2968+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x97q-xc6x-vxw7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release() srcu_init_notifier_head() alloca↗2025-10-01
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OSV
CVE-2023-53518: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release() srcu_init_notifier_head() allocate↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in PM / devfreq can lead to denial of service↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2023-53518: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfre...↗2023
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