CVE-2023-53674

MEDIUM EPSS 3.1%
Published Oct 7, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 7, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: Fix memory leak in devm_clk_notifier_register() devm_clk_notifier_register() allocates a devres resource for clk notifier but didn't register that to the device, so the notifier didn't get unregistered on device detach and the allocated resource was leaked. Fix the issue by registering the resource through devres_add(). This issue was found with kmemleak on a Chromebook.

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
3.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.121
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.39
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.3.13
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.4  –  <6.4.4

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49451db71b746df990888068961f1033f7c9b734
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb933e56f77a57ef7cfc59fc34cbbf1b1fa31ff
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a326cf0107b197e649bbaa2a2b1355894826ce32
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1b04fd4283fc8f9acefe0ddc61ba072ed44877
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efbbda79b2881a04dcd0e8f28634933d79e17e49
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49451db71b746df990888068961f1033f7c9b734
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb933e56f77a57ef7cfc59fc34cbbf1b1fa31ff
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a326cf0107b197e649bbaa2a2b1355894826ce32
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1b04fd4283fc8f9acefe0ddc61ba072ed44877
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efbbda79b2881a04dcd0e8f28634933d79e17e49
    Patch