VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-53435

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-09-18
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: cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one() cas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This memory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling path of the probe. Add the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references