CVE-2023-53435
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 2.6.28-4.14.316 - Use-After-Free in Cassini Driver Error Handling
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one() cas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This memory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling path of the probe. Add the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
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 (20)
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.28
Linux/Linux
2.6.28
Linux/Linux
4.14.316 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux
4.19.284 - 4.19.*
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
... and 10 more
Published
Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026