CVE-2023-53518CWE-401

CVE-2023-53518

High · published October 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()

srcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released

with a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call.

Reported by kmemleak.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00160 · 4.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2025-10-01T16:15Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.7, < 4.14.3264.14.326
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 4.19.2954.19.295
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.2575.4.257
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.1955.10.195
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1325.15.132
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.536.1.53
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.4.166.4.16
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.5, < 6.5.36.5.3
References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 11:46Z
    PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()
    cvelistv5