Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52989

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Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52989

Published: March 27, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106134
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [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

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_261-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-source
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
dtb-altera
dlm-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
dtb-amazon
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-arm
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
dtb-freescale
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kselftests-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dtb-cavium
dtb-aarch64
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
dtb-marvell
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
dtb-nvidia
kernel-64kb
dtb-allwinner
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-rockchip
dtb-amlogic
dtb-sprd
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-renesas
kernel-64kb-optional
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-exynos
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-broadcom
dtb-xilinx
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-socionext
dtb-lg
dtb-amd
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-qcom
dtb-apple
kernel-64kb-extra
dtb-apm
dtb-mediatek
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-docs
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-extra
kernel-obs-build
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-optional
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-devel-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso

How to mitigate CVE-2023-52989

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 5.10.168
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_261-default - update to 1-8.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39-debugsource - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
dtb-altera - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amazon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-arm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-freescale - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-cavium - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-aarch64 - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-marvell - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-nvidia - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-allwinner - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-rockchip - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amlogic - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-sprd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-renesas - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-exynos - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-broadcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-xilinx - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-socionext - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-lg - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-hisilicon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-qcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-apple - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-apm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-mediatek - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-docs-html - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-source-vanilla - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-qa - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1

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