CVE-2023-53697

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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'.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Source identifier

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

Published

2025-10-22 14:15:44.223000

Last modified

2026-10-28 19:10:00.193000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2023-53697",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2025-10-22T14:15:44.223",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-28T19:10:00.193",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()\n\nMemory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function\n'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function\n'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nnvdimm: Corrección de fuga de memoria de los grupos de atributos pmu en unregister_nvdimm_pmu()\n\nLa memoria apuntada por ’nd_pmu  ->  pmu.attr_groups’ es asignada en la función ’register_nvdimm_pmu’ y se pierde después de la llamada a ’kfree(nd_pmu)’ en la función ’unregister_nvdimm_pmu’."
    }
  ],
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