Name: CVE-2023-53300: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-53300, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00017

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

media: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls()

hi846_init_controls doesn't clean the allocated ctrl_hdlr in case there is a failure, which causes memleak. Add v4l2_ctrl_handler_free to free the resource properly.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Sep 18, 2025	Sep 18, 2025

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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