CVE-2023-53303
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Publication date: 2025-09-16

Last updated on: 2025-12-02

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: microchip: vcap api: Fix possible memory leak for vcap_dup_rule() Inject fault When select CONFIG_VCAP_KUNIT_TEST, the below memory leak occurs. If kzalloc() for duprule succeeds, but the following kmemdup() fails, the duprule, ckf and caf memory will be leaked. So kfree them in the error path. unreferenced object 0xffff122744c50600 (size 192): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 346, jiffies 4294896122 (age 911.812s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 10 27 00 00 04 00 00 00 1e 00 00 00 2c 01 00 00 .'..........,... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 06 c5 44 27 12 ff ff ...........D'... backtrace: [<00000000394b0db8>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x274/0x2f8 [<0000000001bedc67>] kmalloc_trace+0x38/0x88 [<00000000b0612f98>] vcap_dup_rule+0x50/0x460 [<000000005d2d3aca>] vcap_add_rule+0x8cc/0x1038 [<00000000eef9d0f8>] test_vcap_xn_rule_creator.constprop.0.isra.0+0x238/0x494 [<00000000cbda607b>] vcap_api_rule_remove_in_front_test+0x1ac/0x698 [<00000000c8766299>] kunit_try_run_case+0xe0/0x20c [<00000000c4fe9186>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x50/0x94 [<00000000f6864acf>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<0000000022e639b3>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
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Published
2025-09-16
Last Modified
2025-12-02
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-09-16
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
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CVE-2023-53303
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linux linux_kernel From 6.3 (inc) to 6.5.4 (exc)
linux linux_kernel 6.6
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CWE ID Description
CWE-401 The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's microchip vcap API, specifically in the vcap_dup_rule() function. When a certain configuration (CONFIG_VCAP_KUNIT_TEST) is selected, if memory allocation with kzalloc() succeeds but a subsequent kmemdup() call fails, allocated memory for duprule, ckf, and caf is not freed, causing a memory leak. The fix involves freeing this memory in the error path to prevent the leak.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is a potential memory leak in the Linux kernel when using the microchip vcap API under specific test configurations. This could lead to increased memory usage and possible system instability or crashes if the leak occurs repeatedly or in critical environments.

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