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CVE-2023-53318
recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function
Medium5.5EPSS 0.16%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < bd39f68a309a947670379bf9a39b16c584f86ddb
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < 444ec005404cead222ebce2561a9451c9ee5ad89
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < 3ed95a6f6c646e8bb15c354536e0ab10e8f39c08
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < 2d9ca5f62f2ba160ff9c9be4adf401c46c04edef
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < ff70ad9159fbb566b2c15724f44207e8deccd527
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < 895130e63c93926f07caf5db286b97bd27b81de9
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < 25c9b185f121812cbc215fdaa1192c6b9025b428
- affected a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e – < fa359d068574d29e7d2f0fdd0ebe4c6a12b5cfb9
- affected fa41a0adbc216e18afe7a2dd4386f614899a0653
- affected 334e907923e9cab057020a9c7ec7d9f32ead6573
- affected 3.2.76 – < 3.3
- affected 3.4.113 – < 3.5
- affected 4.4
- unaffected < 4.4
- unaffected 4.14.316 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.284 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.244 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.181 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.113 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.30 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.3.4 – ≤ 6.3.*
- unaffected 6.4 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd39f68a309a947670379bf9a39b16c584f86ddb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/444ec005404cead222ebce2561a9451c9ee5ad89 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ed95a6f6c646e8bb15c354536e0ab10e8f39c08 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d9ca5f62f2ba160ff9c9be4adf401c46c04edef (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff70ad9159fbb566b2c15724f44207e8deccd527 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895130e63c93926f07caf5db286b97bd27b81de9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25c9b185f121812cbc215fdaa1192c6b9025b428 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa359d068574d29e7d2f0fdd0ebe4c6a12b5cfb9 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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