CVE-2023-54301
Not scored
serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe`
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe` Smatch reports: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm7271.c:1120 brcmuart_probe() warn: 'baud_mux_clk' from clk_prepare_enable() not released on lines: 1032. The issue is fixed by using a managed clock.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 30, 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-2023-54301
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe` Smatch reports: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm7271.c:1120 brcmuart_probe() warn: 'baud_mux_clk' from clk_prepare_enable() not released on lines: 1032. The issue is fixed by using a managed clock.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a3e5f428fc4315be6144524912eaefac16f43a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5258395e67fee6929fb8e50c8239f8de51b8cb2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56a81445b8e4b8906d557518c5dae3ddbb447d1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f264f2f6f4788dc031cef60a0cf2881902736709
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54301.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54301