CVE-2023-53278

MEDIUM EPSS 4.0%
Published Sep 16, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 16, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubifs: Fix memory leak in ubifs_sysfs_init() When insmod ubifs.ko, a kmemleak reported as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88817fb1a780 (size 8): comm "insmod", pid 25265, jiffies 4295239702 (age 100.130s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 75 62 69 66 73 00 ff ff ubifs... backtrace: [<ffffffff81b3fc4c>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x3c0 [<ffffffff81b44bf3>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x183/0x410 [<ffffffff8198d3da>] kstrdup+0x3a/0x80 [<ffffffff8198d486>] kstrdup_const+0x66/0x80 [<ffffffff83989325>] kvasprintf_const+0x155/0x190 [<ffffffff83bf55bb>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x5b/0x150 [<ffffffff83bf576b>] kobject_set_name+0xbb/0xf0 [<ffffffff8100204c>] do_one_initcall+0x14c/0x5a0 [<ffffffff8157e380>] do_init_module+0x1f0/0x660 [<ffffffff815857be>] load_module+0x6d7e/0x7590 [<ffffffff8158644f>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x19f/0x230 [<ffffffff815866b3>] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x73/0xb0 [<ffffffff88c98e85>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<ffffffff88e00087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd When kset_register() failed, we should call kset_put to cleanup it.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.17  –  <6.1.18
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.2.5

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c5fdf2d4647219d2267ccb08c7f2c7095bf3450
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/203a55f04f66eea1a1ca7e5a302a7f5c99c62327
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d42c2b18c42da7378e67b6414aafe93b65de89d1
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c5fdf2d4647219d2267ccb08c7f2c7095bf3450
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/203a55f04f66eea1a1ca7e5a302a7f5c99c62327
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d42c2b18c42da7378e67b6414aafe93b65de89d1
    Patch