CVE-2023-53687

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() when iterating clk When the best clk is searched, we iterate over all possible clk. If we find a better match, the previous one, if any, needs to be freed. If a better match has already been found, we still need to free the new one, otherwise it leaks.

CVSS 3.1

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

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-28)

CWE

CWE-401

Published

2025-10-07

Modified

2026-10-28

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-28

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01dd8a43a84616c830782166ba3cceb01ad95363
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1962717c4649e026a4252fe6625175affd28a593
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f426293fef1c13742b2a685bf7e363f51f6ee03
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46574e5a0a2aee41e6ebb979cfe1dbaea8693e16
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/832e231cff476102e8204a9e7bddfe5c6154a375

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