CVE-2023-53687
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53687
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53687.html
Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.52-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.191-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.4.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.4.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.4.11-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.