CVE-2023-53674
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
07/10/2025
Last modified:
03/02/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
clk: Fix memory leak in devm_clk_notifier_register()<br />
<br />
devm_clk_notifier_register() allocates a devres resource for clk<br />
notifier but didn&#39;t register that to the device, so the notifier didn&#39;t<br />
get unregistered on device detach and the allocated resource was leaked.<br />
<br />
Fix the issue by registering the resource through devres_add().<br />
<br />
This issue was found with kmemleak on a Chromebook.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.121 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.39 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.3.13 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.4 (including) | 6.4.4 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49451db71b746df990888068961f1033f7c9b734
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb933e56f77a57ef7cfc59fc34cbbf1b1fa31ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a326cf0107b197e649bbaa2a2b1355894826ce32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1b04fd4283fc8f9acefe0ddc61ba072ed44877
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efbbda79b2881a04dcd0e8f28634933d79e17e49



