CVE-2023-53300 (GCVE-0-2023-53300)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-16 08:11
Modified
2025-09-16 08:11
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls() hi846_init_controls doesn't clean the allocated ctrl_hdlr in case there is a failure, which causes memleak. Add v4l2_ctrl_handler_free to free the resource properly.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07f0f15e5db60c5b0722049d3251ef4a46dc3b76
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12a80b1490e398f5ad7157508cf32b73511de5fc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2649c1a20e8e399ee955d0e22192f9992662c3d2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd22e8c8c38fb40f130d3a60e52c59996a5bbae9
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736
Version: e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736
Version: e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736
Version: e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736
 Create a notification for this product.
   Linux Linux Version: 5.16
 Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/media/i2c/hi846.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "fd22e8c8c38fb40f130d3a60e52c59996a5bbae9",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "12a80b1490e398f5ad7157508cf32b73511de5fc",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "07f0f15e5db60c5b0722049d3251ef4a46dc3b76",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "2649c1a20e8e399ee955d0e22192f9992662c3d2",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e8c0882685f9152f0d729664a12bcbe749cb7736",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/media/i2c/hi846.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "5.16"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "5.16",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.1.28",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.2.15",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.3.2",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.4",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.28",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "5.16",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.15",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "5.16",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.2",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "5.16",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.4",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "5.16",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls()\n\nhi846_init_controls doesn\u0027t clean the allocated ctrl_hdlr\nin case there is a failure, which causes memleak. Add\nv4l2_ctrl_handler_free to free the resource properly."
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-09-16T08:11:31.629Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd22e8c8c38fb40f130d3a60e52c59996a5bbae9"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12a80b1490e398f5ad7157508cf32b73511de5fc"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07f0f15e5db60c5b0722049d3251ef4a46dc3b76"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2649c1a20e8e399ee955d0e22192f9992662c3d2"
        }
      ],
      "title": "media: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls()",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2023-53300",
    "datePublished": "2025-09-16T08:11:31.629Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-09-16T08:09:37.993Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-09-16T08:11:31.629Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2023-53300\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"published\":\"2025-09-16T08:15:39.397\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-09-16T12:49:16.060\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Awaiting Analysis\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\\n\\nmedia: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls()\\n\\nhi846_init_controls doesn\u0027t clean the allocated ctrl_hdlr\\nin case there is a failure, which causes memleak. Add\\nv4l2_ctrl_handler_free to free the resource properly.\"}],\"metrics\":{},\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07f0f15e5db60c5b0722049d3251ef4a46dc3b76\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12a80b1490e398f5ad7157508cf32b73511de5fc\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2649c1a20e8e399ee955d0e22192f9992662c3d2\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd22e8c8c38fb40f130d3a60e52c59996a5bbae9\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.