CVE-2023-53631

MEDIUM EPSS 8.3%
Published Oct 7, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 7, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-sysman: Fix reference leak If a duplicate attribute is found using kset_find_obj(), a reference to that attribute is returned. This means that we need to dispose it accordingly. Use kobject_put() to dispose the duplicate attribute in such a case. Compile-tested only.

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
8.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.132
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.53
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.4.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.5  –  <6.5.3

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ced15ff1746006476f1407fe722911a45a7874d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7295a996fdab7bf83dc3d4078fa8b139b8e0a1bf
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9e03bec147407826266580e7d6ec427241d859
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5402011992bcc2b5614fe7fef24f9cdaec7473b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d079a3e1ccdd183b75db4f5289be347980b45284
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ced15ff1746006476f1407fe722911a45a7874d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7295a996fdab7bf83dc3d4078fa8b139b8e0a1bf
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9e03bec147407826266580e7d6ec427241d859
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5402011992bcc2b5614fe7fef24f9cdaec7473b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d079a3e1ccdd183b75db4f5289be347980b45284
    Patch