CVE-2023-53858
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Publication date: 2025-12-09
Last updated on: 2025-12-09
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| samsung | samsung_tty | * |
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Exploitability
CWE
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| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
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.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
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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