CVE-2023-53423

objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()

Medium · published September 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()

strdup() allocates memory for key_name. We need to release the memory in

the following error paths. Add free() to avoid memory leak.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00149 · 3.8th percentile
Published
2025-09-18T16:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 16:04Z
    objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()
    cvelistv5