vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-53697: kernel: nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu() (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 22, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 22, 2025
Added
Nov 14, 2025
Modified
Nov 17, 2025
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'.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
References
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