VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-53298

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-09-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io The callback context for sending/receiving APDUs to/from the selected secure element is allocated inside nfc_genl_se_io and supposed to be eventually freed in se_io_cb callback function. However, there are several error paths where the bwi_timer is not charged to call se_io_cb later, and the cb_context is leaked. The patch proposes to free the cb_context explicitly on those error paths. At the moment we can't simply check 'dev->ops->se_io()' return value as it may be negative in both cases: when the timer was charged and was not.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-401

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