#VU116702 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53631
Published: October 8, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116702
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-2023-53631
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 init_bios_attributes() function in drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.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/6ced15ff1746006476f1407fe722911a45a7874d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7295a996fdab7bf83dc3d4078fa8b139b8e0a1bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9e03bec147407826266580e7d6ec427241d859
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5402011992bcc2b5614fe7fef24f9cdaec7473b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d079a3e1ccdd183b75db4f5289be347980b45284
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.132