CVE-2023-53423

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections() strdup() allocates memory for key_name. We need to release the memory in the following error paths. Add free() to avoid memory leak.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a75866a5ceff5d4fdd5471e06c4c4d03e0298b3

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da73f102309fe29150e5c35acd20dd82063ff67

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1368eaea058e451d20ea99ca27e72d9df0d16dd

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f63d747bf7c983882a5ea7456a5f84ad3acad5

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d131718d9c45d559951f57c4b88209ca407433c4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.8%

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 < 5.10.173

Timeline

Published Sep 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026