CVE-2023-53318

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure

References (8)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25c9b185f121812cbc215fdaa1192c6b9025b428

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d9ca5f62f2ba160ff9c9be4adf401c46c04edef

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ed95a6f6c646e8bb15c354536e0ab10e8f39c08

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/444ec005404cead222ebce2561a9451c9ee5ad89

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895130e63c93926f07caf5db286b97bd27b81de9

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd39f68a309a947670379bf9a39b16c584f86ddb

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa359d068574d29e7d2f0fdd0ebe4c6a12b5cfb9

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff70ad9159fbb566b2c15724f44207e8deccd527

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.4%

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 (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.14.316

Timeline

Published Sep 16, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026