SB2025091908 - Memory leak in Linux kernel ethernet sun driver
Published: September 19, 2025 Updated: September 22, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025091908
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53435)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the cas_init_one() function in drivers/net/ethernet/sun/cassini.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c0ed097a874156957b515d0ba7e356142eab87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/172146c26f0c1b86ab4e9ebffc7e06f04229fa17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234e744d86bd95b381d24546df2dba72804e0219
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412cd77a2c24b191c65ea53025222418db09817c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d8e8b88087d68e10c8991a0f6733fa2f963ff0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b1a667744741fa7807b09a12797a27f14f3fac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc61f7582cc92d547d02e141cd66f5d1f4ed8012
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20105d967ab5b53ff50a0e5991fe37324d2ba20
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.244