PT-2025-41131 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
Published
2023-06-13
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Updated
2025-12-04
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CVE-2023-53687
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
s3c24xx serial getclk() function when iterating through clocks. The issue occurs when searching for the best clock; if a better match is found, the previously allocated clock is not freed, leading to a memory leak. If a better match is already found, the new one still needs to be freed to prevent the leak.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
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse