CVE-2023-53518

PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Oct 1, 2025
Updated: Oct 15, 2026
Reserved: Oct 1, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()

srcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released with a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call.

Reported by kmemleak.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Linux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 7462483446cb9986568ad7adae746ce5f18d2968Affected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 64e6e0dc2d578c0a9e31cb4edd719f0a3ed98f6dAffected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 29811f4b8255d4238cf326f3bb7129784766beabAffected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before ab192e5e5d3b48415909a8408acfd007a607bcc0Affected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 111bafa210ae546bee7644be730c42df9c35b66eAffected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 8918025feb2f5f7c73f2495c158f22997e25cb02Affected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 1640e9c72173911ad0fddb05012c01eafe082c4eAffected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 3354c401c68d70567d1ef25d12f4e22a7813a3c6Affected 0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 5693d077595de721f9ddbf9d37f40e5409707dfeAffected
LinuxLinux	4.7Affected before 4.7Not affected 4.14.326 through 4.14.Not affected 4.19.295 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.257 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.195 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.132 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.53 through 6.1.Not affected 6.4.16 through 6.4.Not affected 6.5.3 through 6.5.Not affected 6.6 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 7462483446cb9986568ad7adae746ce5f18d2968Affected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 64e6e0dc2d578c0a9e31cb4edd719f0a3ed98f6dAffected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 29811f4b8255d4238cf326f3bb7129784766beabAffected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before ab192e5e5d3b48415909a8408acfd007a607bcc0Affected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 111bafa210ae546bee7644be730c42df9c35b66eAffected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 8918025feb2f5f7c73f2495c158f22997e25cb02Affected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 1640e9c72173911ad0fddb05012c01eafe082c4eAffected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 3354c401c68d70567d1ef25d12f4e22a7813a3c6Affected
0fe3a66410a3ba96679be903f1e287d7a0a264a9 to before 5693d077595de721f9ddbf9d37f40e5409707dfeAffected

LinuxLinux

4.7Affected
before 4.7Not affected
4.14.326 through 4.14.*Not affected
4.19.295 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.257 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.195 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.132 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.53 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.4.16 through 6.4.*Not affected
6.5.3 through 6.5.*Not affected
6.6 and laterNot affected

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