PT-2025-40225 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published

2023-08-09

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Updated

2025-11-19

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CVE-2023-53518

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV: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 resource leak exists in the devfreq dev release() function within the devfreq module of the Linux kernel. The issue stems from resources allocated by srcu init notifier head() not being properly released using srcu cleanup notifier head(). This can lead to a memory leak.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Memory Leak

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-12906
CVE-2023-53518
SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1
SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20851-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20861-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20870-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20898-1
SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1
SUSE-SU-2025:3751-1
SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel
Suse