Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53225
Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115239
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2023-53225
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the spi_imx_remove() function in drivers/spi/spi-imx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-53225
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11951c9e3f364d7ae3b568a0e52c8335d43066b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57a463226638f1ceabbb029cbd21b0c94640f1b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d16305a1535873e0a8a8ae92ea2d9106ec2d7df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa93a46f998a9069368026ac52bba96868c59157
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64cb3f085fed296103c91f0db6acad30a021b36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f90822ad63d11301e425311dac0c8e12ca1737b8
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.111