CVE-2023-53858 — Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource in Linux

CWE-771 — Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource7 documents6 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: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of error If clk_get_rate() fails, the clk that has just been allocated needs to be freed.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel3.3.0 — 4.14.322+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux5f5a7a5578c5885201cf9c85856f023fe8b81765 — 755289d67eb9a74ae71bb624902e979c66859444+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-6hf9-j2fm-qrj3: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of↗2025-12-09
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OSV
tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of error↗2025-12-09
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OSV
CVE-2023-53858: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of↗2025-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
kernel: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of error↗2025-12-09
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Debian
CVE-2023-53858: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial...↗2023
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-53858 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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