Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53466

Vulnerability identifier: #VU116345

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53466

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the mt7915_mcu_exit() function in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/mcu.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_124-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_124-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_31-debugsource
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
kernel-source
perf
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dtb-exynos
dtb-apm
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-qcom
dtb-xilinx
dtb-amd
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-allwinner
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
dtb-amazon
dtb-broadcom
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
dlm-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-devel
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
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reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-syms
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ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
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kernel-macros
kernel-docs-html
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
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kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
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cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
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dtb-sprd
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dtb-hisilicon
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dtb-apple
dtb-marvell
dtb-arm
dtb-rockchip
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dtb-nvidia
dtb-socionext
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-docs
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dtb-cavium
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gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-freescale
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild

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Linux kernel - update to 6.1.16
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_124-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
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kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_31-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
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kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-296.0.0.198, 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-296.0.0.199
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
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kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1.150500.6.59.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1.150500.6.59.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3095fe1e1d3198e62a3c7116c4cf7c734871475f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49bd78282e79ad177d14f37f4049f0605bf92dad
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cbb876153b63fe248200f734069c6881cf97722
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.16

• Memory leak in Linux kernel mt76 mt7915 driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel