CVE-2023-54301

medium

Published 2024-11-12 · Modified 2024-11-12

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: serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe` Smatch reports: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm7271.c:1120 brcmuart_probe() warn: 'baud_mux_clk' from clk_prepare_enable() not released on lines: 1032. The issue is fixed by using a managed clock.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54301

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54301.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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	`6.1.37-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.3.7-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.3.7-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.3.7-1`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.