{"cve":"CVE-2023-53435","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T16:15:47.607","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:19.597","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one()\n\ncas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This\nmemory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling\npath of the probe.\n\nAdd the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur.","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/11c0ed097a874156957b515d0ba7e356142eab87","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/172146c26f0c1b86ab4e9ebffc7e06f04229fa17","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234e744d86bd95b381d24546df2dba72804e0219","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412cd77a2c24b191c65ea53025222418db09817c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d8e8b88087d68e10c8991a0f6733fa2f963ff0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53435","score":0.00149,"percentile":0.0404,"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."]}