CVE-2023-53697

Published: Oct 22, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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'.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux	affected `0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 - < 500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e` affected `0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 - < 4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5` affected `0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 - < 16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe` affected `0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 - < 85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3`
Linux	Linux	affected `5.18` unaffected `0 - < 5.18` unaffected `6.1.53 - <= 6.1.` unaffected `6.4.16 - <= 6.4.` unaffected `6.5.3 - <= 6.5.*` +1 more versions

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3

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CVE-2023-53697

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