CVE-2023-53318 (GCVE-0-2023-53318)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-16 16:11
Modified
2025-09-16 16:11
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function
Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
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