CVE-2023-53290

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.1-5.4.243 - Use-After-Free in BPF Program Sample

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: samples/bpf: Fix fout leak in hbm's run_bpf_prog Fix fout being fopen'ed but then not subsequently fclose'd. In the affected branch, fout is otherwise going out of scope.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (15)
Linux/Linux < 5.1
Linux/Linux 5.1
Linux/Linux 5.10.181 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.113 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.244 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.30 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.4 - 6.3.*
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux a1270fe95b74eb3195b107c494ed1f11b932a278 - 23acb14af1914010dd0aae1bbb7fab28bf518b8e
Linux/Linux a1270fe95b74eb3195b107c494ed1f11b932a278 - 7560ed6592ff4077528c239c71e91b19de985b97
... and 5 more
Published Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026