CVE-2023-53518 (GCVE-0-2023-53518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-01 11:46
Modified
2025-10-01 11:46
Severity ?
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
Version: 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9
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