#VU116489 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53567
Published: October 4, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116489
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-2023-53567
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 spi_qup_remove() function in drivers/spi/spi-qup.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/2d0f63077f481f11a07f20eab1c1f4367dfaef32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c17fccae36505550c9121891722fff337f148a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55ecdcd12bc176b86fecbcb125ac814ac8fe857a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61f49171a43ab1f80c73c5c88c508770c461e0f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8632384337038b97910c2f7bb5a3f377aa68d001
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc88243bbe6140d289bb32b4ee4607ba5ce1124a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f345d4d71e87d878437417ffbb9a7d4e16d235eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd53f41bd86daa39b454fd4637a908ff2123547f
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.283