CVE-2023-53995Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa() I got the below warning when do fuzzing test: unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2 It can be repoduced via: ip link add bond0 type bond sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.bond0.promote_secondaries=1 ip addr add 4.117.174.103/0 scope 0x40 dev bond0 ip addr add 192.168.100.111/255.255.255.254 scope 0 dev bond0 ip addr add 0.0.0.4/0 scope 0x40 secondary dev

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel2.6.155.4.257+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa5624f26a3574500ce23929cb2c9976a0dec9920a+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2cq7-86qp-4xjx: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa() I got the below warning when do f2025-12-24
OSV
net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa()2025-12-24
OSV
CVE-2023-53995: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa() I got the below warning when do fuz2025-12-24

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to memory leak in IP address deletion2025-12-24
Debian
CVE-2023-53995: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv4: ...2023

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-53995 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz