FKIE_CVE-2023-53697

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-22 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:45
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu() Memory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function 'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function 'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()\n\nMemory pointed by \u0027nd_pmu-\u003epmu.attr_groups\u0027 is allocated in function\n\u0027register_nvdimm_pmu\u0027 and is lost after \u0027kfree(nd_pmu)\u0027 call in function\n\u0027unregister_nvdimm_pmu\u0027."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2023-53697",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:45:54.397",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-10-22T14:15:44.223",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}


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