{"cve":"CVE-2023-53518","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-01T12:15:56.027","modified":"2026-10-15T22:17:41.900","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()\n\nsrcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released\nwith a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call.\n\nReported by kmemleak.","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/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"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53518","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05071,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}