CVE-2023-53818 — 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 85.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: zynq: Fix refcount leak in zynq_early_slcr_init of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on error path. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.0.0 — 4.14.308+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux3329659df0300d1d0aa22f5e7063f83a88ef92aa — f00bc6727adf840eb208700ea27cda4f3742629d+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
ARM: zynq: Fix refcount leak in zynq_early_slcr_init↗2025-12-09
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OSV
CVE-2023-53818: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: zynq: Fix refcount leak in zynq_early_slcr_init of_find_compatible_node() ret↗2025-12-09
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GHSA
GHSA-qw6q-8fw7-j594: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: zynq: Fix refcount leak in zynq_early_slcr_init of_find_compatible_node() r↗2025-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Kernel: A flaw in ARM Zynq could lead to system unavailability↗2025-12-09
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Debian
CVE-2023-53818: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: zynq: ...↗2023
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