CVE-2023-53518

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Oct 15, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()

srcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released with a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call.

Reported by kmemleak.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 1, 2025
Last modified
Oct 15, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-53518: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix