CVE-2023-53858
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Publication date: 2025-12-09

Last updated on: 2025-12-09

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of error If clk_get_rate() fails, the clk that has just been allocated needs to be freed.
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Published
2025-12-09
Last Modified
2025-12-09
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-09
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2023-53858
EUVD
EUVD-2023-60138
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samsung samsung_tty *
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's samsung_tty serial driver. Specifically, if the function clk_get_rate() fails, the clock resource that was just allocated is not freed properly, causing a memory leak.

Impact Analysis

The memory leak could lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially causing system instability or degraded performance if the leak accumulates.

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