CVE-2023-53697nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu() Memory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function 'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function 'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.
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- Weakness (CWE)
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- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- May 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 before 500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e; from 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 before 4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5; from 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 before 16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe; from 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116 before 85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3
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