{"cve":"CVE-2023-53423","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T16:15:46.130","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:17.417","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nobjtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()\n\nstrdup() allocates memory for key_name. We need to release the memory in\nthe following error paths. Add free() to avoid memory leak.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a75866a5ceff5d4fdd5471e06c4c4d03e0298b3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da73f102309fe29150e5c35acd20dd82063ff67","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1368eaea058e451d20ea99ca27e72d9df0d16dd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f63d747bf7c983882a5ea7456a5f84ad3acad5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d131718d9c45d559951f57c4b88209ca407433c4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53423","score":0.00149,"percentile":0.04098,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}