#VU115349 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53151
Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115349
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-2023-53151
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 flush_pending_writes() and raid10_unplug() functions in drivers/md/raid10.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/00ecb6fa67c0f772290c5ea5ae8b46eefd503b83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010444623e7f4da6b4a4dd603a7da7469981e293
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d467e10507167eb6dc2c281a87675b731955d86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/634daf6b2c81015cc5e28bf694a6a94a50c641cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84a578961b2566e475bfa8740beaf0abcc781a6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0345f7c7dbc5d42e4e6f1db99c1c1879d7b0eb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f45b2fa7678ab385299de345f7e85d05caea386b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf50184190d55f8717bd29aa9530c399be96f30
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4.7