CVE-2023-53568 — 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 97.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: don't leak memory if dev_set_name() fails When dev_set_name() fails, zcdn_create() doesn't free the newly allocated resources. Do it.

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_kernel4.20 — 5.4.257+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux00fab2350e6b91e57b3cdcd5d9f01056775a921d — 6b0cb9c055843777b374309503d89eabeb769355+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-53568: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: don't leak memory if dev_set_name() fails When dev_set_name() fails,↗2025-10-04
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GHSA
GHSA-qwh3-qmrm-hv2r: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: don't leak memory if dev_set_name() fails When dev_set_name() fails↗2025-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: s390/zcrypt: don't leak memory if dev_set_name() fails↗2025-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2023-53568: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt...↗2023
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