CVE-2023-52643

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.149 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() fails, we should free iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group.attrs to prevent potential memleak.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c6d19c8cbf6abcea2c8fca2db26abca2cbf0363

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359f220d0e753bba840eac19ffedcdc816b532f2

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db312e06851996e7fb27cb5a8ccab4c0f9cdb93

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95a0d596bbd0552a78e13ced43f2be1038883c81

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b90126c86d83912688501826643ea698f0df1728

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 0.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.149

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Apr 17, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026