CVE-2023-53631

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Reference Leak

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-sysman: Fix reference leak If a duplicate attribute is found using kset_find_obj(), a reference to that attribute is returned. This means that we need to dispose it accordingly. Use kobject_put() to dispose the duplicate attribute in such a case. Compile-tested only.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ced15ff1746006476f1407fe722911a45a7874d

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7295a996fdab7bf83dc3d4078fa8b139b8e0a1bf

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9e03bec147407826266580e7d6ec427241d859

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5402011992bcc2b5614fe7fef24f9cdaec7473b

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d079a3e1ccdd183b75db4f5289be347980b45284

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.132

Timeline

Published Oct 07, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026