CVE-2023-53765 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy Otherwise the kernel can BUG with: [ 2245.426978] ============================================================================= [ 2245.435155] BUG bt_work (Tainted: G B W ): Objects remaining in bt_work on __kmem_cache_shutdown() [ 2245.445233] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ 2245.445233] [ 2245.454879] Slab 0x0…

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.12.0 — 6.1.16+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.20-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxb29d4986d0da1a27cd35917cdb433672f5c95d7f — 673a3af21d5e3ed769f3eaed0c888244290a3506+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6896-p3f9-6xww: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy Otherwise th↗2025-12-08
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OSV
dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy↗2025-12-08
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OSV
CVE-2023-53765: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy Otherwise the↗2025-12-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy↗2025-12-08
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Debian
CVE-2023-53765: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm cache: f...↗2023
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