CVE-2023-53518
High
PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release() srcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released with a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call. Reported by kmemleak.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
October 1, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53518
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release() srcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released with a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call. Reported by kmemleak.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/111bafa210ae546bee7644be730c42df9c35b66e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1640e9c72173911ad0fddb05012c01eafe082c4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29811f4b8255d4238cf326f3bb7129784766beab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3354c401c68d70567d1ef25d12f4e22a7813a3c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5693d077595de721f9ddbf9d37f40e5409707dfe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e6e0dc2d578c0a9e31cb4edd719f0a3ed98f6d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7462483446cb9986568ad7adae746ce5f18d2968
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8918025feb2f5f7c73f2495c158f22997e25cb02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab192e5e5d3b48415909a8408acfd007a607bcc0
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53518.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53518