CVE-2023-53604 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.34%
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: dm integrity: call kmem_cache_destroy() in dm_integrity_init() error path Otherwise the journal_io_cache will leak if dm_register_target() fails.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.12 — 4.14.315+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7eada909bfd7ac90a4522e56aa3179d1fd68cd14 — ff4d6b5b38429a7731e5593680d2138bf74dd546+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vh29-7344-hrgw: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm integrity: call kmem_cache_destroy() in dm_integrity_init() error path Otherw↗2025-10-04
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OSV
CVE-2023-53604: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm integrity: call kmem_cache_destroy() in dm_integrity_init() error path Otherwis↗2025-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: dm integrity: call kmem_cache_destroy() in dm_integrity_init() error path↗2025-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2023-53604: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm integrit...↗2023
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