Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53610
Published: October 4, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116477
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-2023-53610
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 platform_irqchip_probe() function in drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-53610
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4401b485855700f296cae4d0db36a52948bff4fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6caa5a2b78f5f53c433d3a3781e53325da22f0ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b00baffcc2561374f8fe8af873d00531f19864eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32fb16331f612e66a7fa8930164e0dc15725b72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea54b608d85b7536f92238f3259730fa06cb5d21
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.16