CVE-2023-53687Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 7

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() when iterating clk When the best clk is searched, we iterate over all possible clk. If we find a better match, the previous one, if any, needs to be freed. If a better match has already been found, we still need to free the new one, otherwise it leaks.

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_kernel3.34.14.322+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux5f5a7a5578c5885201cf9c85856f023fe8b81765933e5b2998bc3a527d15efbf1e97c9e63297aa3c+8
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53687: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() when iterat2025-10-07
GHSA
GHSA-2h76-3pqm-pm8j: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() when itera2025-10-07

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() when iterating clk2025-10-07
Debian
CVE-2023-53687: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial...2023