CVE-2023-53631

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Reference Leak in dell-sysman Attribute Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.132linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.53linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.4.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.5.0 - 6.5.3linux
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.15.132 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.53 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.16 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5.3 - 6.5.*
... and 7 more
Published Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026