CVE-2023-53687

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.3-4.14.321 - Use-After-Free in s3c24xx_serial_getclk()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() when iterating clk When the best clk is searched, we iterate over all possible clk. If we find a better match, the previous one, if any, needs to be freed. If a better match has already been found, we still need to free the new one, otherwise it leaks.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 3.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (19)
Linux/Linux < 3.3
Linux/Linux 3.3
Linux/Linux 4.14.322 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.291 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.188 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.121 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.251 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 5f5a7a5578c5885201cf9c85856f023fe8b81765 - 01dd8a43a84616c830782166ba3cceb01ad95363
Linux/Linux 5f5a7a5578c5885201cf9c85856f023fe8b81765 - 1962717c4649e026a4252fe6625175affd28a593
Linux/Linux 5f5a7a5578c5885201cf9c85856f023fe8b81765 - 1f426293fef1c13742b2a685bf7e363f51f6ee03
... and 9 more
Published Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026