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CVE-2023-53697
nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()
Not scoredEPSS 0.21%
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- Updated
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- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu() Memory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function 'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function 'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 88% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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Affected products
- affected 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 – < 500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e
- affected 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 – < 4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5
- affected 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 – < 16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe
- affected 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 – < 85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3
- affected 5.18
- unaffected < 5.18
- unaffected 6.1.53 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.4.16 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5.3 – ≤ 6.5.*
- unaffected 6.6 – ≤ *
References (4)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3 (opens in a new tab)
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