CVE-2023-53687 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-53687

tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() when iterating clk

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
5f5a7a5578c5885201cf9c85856f023fe8b81765, 3.3, 0, 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.40, 6.4.5, 6.5

Timeline

Official Publish: October 7th, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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