{"cve":"CVE-2023-53674","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-07T16:15:51.370","modified":"2026-10-28T20:10:00.163","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nclk: Fix memory leak in devm_clk_notifier_register()\n\ndevm_clk_notifier_register() allocates a devres resource for clk\nnotifier but didn't register that to the device, so the notifier didn't\nget unregistered on device detach and the allocated resource was leaked.\n\nFix the issue by registering the resource through devres_add().\n\nThis issue was found with kmemleak on a Chromebook.","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/49451db71b746df990888068961f1033f7c9b734","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb933e56f77a57ef7cfc59fc34cbbf1b1fa31ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a326cf0107b197e649bbaa2a2b1355894826ce32","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1b04fd4283fc8f9acefe0ddc61ba072ed44877","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efbbda79b2881a04dcd0e8f28634933d79e17e49"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-28T20:25:46.008810417+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53674","score":0.00156,"percentile":0.04718,"date":"2026-10-28"},"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."]}