FKIE_CVE-2023-53435

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-18 16:15 - Updated: 2025-09-19 16:00
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one() cas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This memory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling path of the probe. Add the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c0ed097a874156957b515d0ba7e356142eab87
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/172146c26f0c1b86ab4e9ebffc7e06f04229fa17
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234e744d86bd95b381d24546df2dba72804e0219
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412cd77a2c24b191c65ea53025222418db09817c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d8e8b88087d68e10c8991a0f6733fa2f963ff0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b1a667744741fa7807b09a12797a27f14f3fac
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc61f7582cc92d547d02e141cd66f5d1f4ed8012
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20105d967ab5b53ff50a0e5991fe37324d2ba20
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one()\n\ncas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This\nmemory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling\npath of the probe.\n\nAdd the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53435",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-19T16:00:27.847",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-18T16:15:47.607",
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  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
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