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CVE-2023-53423

objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()

CVSS 5.5 MEDIUMEPSS 0.1%CWE-401
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
18 Sep 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections() strdup() allocates memory for key_name. We need to release the memory in the following error paths. Add free() to avoid memory leak.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linux

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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a75866a5ceff5d4fdd5471e06c4c4d03e0298b3https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da73f102309fe29150e5c35acd20dd82063ff67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1368eaea058e451d20ea99ca27e72d9df0d16ddhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f63d747bf7c983882a5ea7456a5f84ad3acad5https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d131718d9c45d559951f57c4b88209ca407433c4