CVE-2023-53779 in Linux

Riassunto

di MITRE • 09/12/2025

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

mfd: dln2: Fix memory leak in dln2_probe()

When dln2_setup_rx_urbs() in dln2_probe() fails, error out_free forgets to call usb_put_dev() to decrease the refcount of dln2->usb_dev.

Fix this by adding usb_put_dev() in the error handling code of dln2_probe().

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• Responsabile: Linux
• Prenotare: 09/12/2025
• Divulgazione: 09/12/2025
• Moderazione: revocato
• Voce: VDB-335042
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-401 (confermato)
• CVSS: 5.7 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Lawfirm, Hostingprovider, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53779
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53779
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2023-53779/