CVE-2023-53350

Published: Sep 17, 2025Modified: Jan 14, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/qaic: Fix slicing memory leak The temporary buffer storing slicing configuration data from user is only freed on error. This is a memory leak. Free the buffer unconditionally.

Affected (7)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

7 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.4 to 6.4.12
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc6

Related CWEs

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (2)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d956177b7c96e62fac762a3b7da4318cde27a73

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df45c3e46cdb41f486eecb4277fbcc4c1ffbf9be

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

Timeline

No history available yet.