PT-2025-37908 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
Published
2023-09-10
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Updated
2025-11-19
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CVE-2023-53303
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak exists in the
vcap dup rule() function when the CONFIG VCAP KUNIT TEST configuration option is selected. Specifically, if kzalloc() for duprule succeeds but the subsequent kmemdup() fails, memory allocated for duprule, ckf, and caf is not freed, resulting in a memory leak. This issue occurs during unit testing.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Linux Kernel
Suse