{"cve":"CVE-2023-53697","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-22T14:15:44.223","modified":"2026-10-28T19:10:00.193","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()\n\nMemory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function\n'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function\n'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-28T19:37:43.506563291+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53697","score":0.00214,"percentile":0.11694,"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."]}