CVE-2023-53568

Published: Oct 4, 2025Modified: Mar 21, 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: s390/zcrypt: don't leak memory if dev_set_name() fails When dev_set_name() fails, zcdn_create() doesn't free the newly allocated resources. Do it.

Affected (5)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 4.20 to 5.4.257
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.11 to 5.15.132
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.16 to 6.1.54
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.5 to 5.10.195
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.2 to 6.5.4

Related CWEs

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 (6)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0878052579cb2773caee64812a811edcab6b5a55

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

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/131cd74a8e38d75239f2c81dfee53d6554eb8bf8

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

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/147d8da33a2c2195ec63acd56cd7d80a3458c253

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

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/174f11ef1615ec3ab1e2189685864433c0d855a2

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

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6252f47b78031979ad919f971dc8468b893488bd

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

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b0cb9c055843777b374309503d89eabeb769355

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

Patch

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