Bug 2400706 (CVE-2023-53518) - CVE-2023-53518 kernel: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()
Summary: CVE-2023-53518 kernel: PM / devfreq: Fix leak in devfreq_dev_release()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53518
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-01 12:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-01 23:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:02:46 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 23:14:39 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100132-CVE-2023-53518-64e1@gregkh/T
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