#VU115234 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53249
Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115234
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-2023-53249
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 imx8mn_clocks_probe() function in drivers/clk/imx/clk-imx8mn.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/188d070de9132667956f5aadd98d2bd87d3eac89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/294321349bd3b0680847fc2bbe66b9ab3e522fea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50b5ddde8fad5f0ffd239029d0956af633a0f9b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9428cf0fbf4be9a24f3e15a0c166b861b12666af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ba3693b0350b154fdd7830559bbc7b04c067096
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4fa5e47af1e7bb2bbcaac062b14216c00e92148
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4.4