๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2023-53435

MEDIUM 5.5

cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one()

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Sep 18, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < 11c0ed097a874156957b515d0ba7e356142eab87 fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < 60d8e8b88087d68e10c8991a0f6733fa2f963ff0 fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < e20105d967ab5b53ff50a0e5991fe37324d2ba20 fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < dc61f7582cc92d547d02e141cd66f5d1f4ed8012 fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < 234e744d86bd95b381d24546df2dba72804e0219 fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < 172146c26f0c1b86ab4e9ebffc7e06f04229fa17 fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < b8b1a667744741fa7807b09a12797a27f14f3fac fcaa40669cd798ca2ac0d15441e8a1d1145f2b16 < 412cd77a2c24b191c65ea53025222418db09817c
Linux / Linux
2.6.28

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c0ed097a874156957b515d0ba7e356142eab87 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d8e8b88087d68e10c8991a0f6733fa2f963ff0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20105d967ab5b53ff50a0e5991fe37324d2ba20 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc61f7582cc92d547d02e141cd66f5d1f4ed8012 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234e744d86bd95b381d24546df2dba72804e0219 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/172146c26f0c1b86ab4e9ebffc7e06f04229fa17 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b1a667744741fa7807b09a12797a27f14f3fac git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412cd77a2c24b191c65ea53025222418db09817c