CVE-2023-53367
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-17
Last updated on: 2025-12-11
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/habanalabs: fix mem leak in capture user mappings
This commit fixes a memory leak caused when clearing the user_mappings
info when a new context is opened immediately after user_mapping is
captured and a hard reset is performed.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.1 (inc) to 6.4.12 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| 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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's habanalabs accelerator driver. It occurs when user memory mappings are captured and then cleared improperly if a new context is opened immediately after capturing user mappings and a hard reset is performed. This causes allocated memory to not be freed correctly.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The memory leak can lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially causing system instability or degraded performance due to exhaustion of available memory resources.
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