PT-2025-38441 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2023-04-20 · Updated 2025-10-23 · CVE-2023-53422

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base 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 The Linux kernel contains an issue where a memory leak occurs when reading the fw info file completely, as the status tracking object is not freed after returning NULL, indicating no more data.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2026-03795

CESA-2023_7077

CVE-2023-53422

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

RHSA-2023_6583

RHSA-2023_7077

SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1

SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1

SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 870

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53422.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37f64bc8e001f216566d17ef9fd5608c762ebcd4 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b830ba20b43be52eae7d4087b61a0079dec56820 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-53422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-03795 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe17124282da055cb2e53f0131521459b5c7866c · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53422 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e302e9ca14a86a80eadfb24a34d8675aadaf3ef3 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89496d6cff297c88fe0286a440c380ceb172da2b · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d90d2f4a018fe8cfd65068bc6350b6222be4852 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1 · Vendor Advisory