CVE-2023-53518

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release() srcu_init_notifier_head() allocates resources that need to be released with a srcu_cleanup_notifier_head() call. Reported by kmemleak.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-401

Published

2025-10-01

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

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

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