#VU106134 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52989
Published: March 27, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU106134
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52989
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the ioctl_send_response() function in drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/356ff89acdbe6a66019154bc7eb2d300f5b15103
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531390a243ef47448f8bad01c186c2787666bf4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53785fd9b315583cf029e39f72b73d23704a2253
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f4543c9382ae2d5062f6aa4fecae0c9258d0b0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2cd3947d116bb9ba7ff097b5fc747a8956764db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8bdc88216f09cb7387fedbdf613524367328616
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5a2dcee53fa6e6e2822f93cb3f1b0cd23163bee
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.168