2400706 – (CVE-2023-53518) CVE-2023-53518 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in PM / devfreq can lead to denial of service

Bug 2400706 (CVE-2023-53518) - CVE-2023-53518 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in PM / devfreq can lead to denial of service

Summary: CVE-2023-53518 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in PM / devfreq can lead to ...

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2023-53518
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	low
Severity:	low
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported:	2025-10-01 12:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2026-06-29 18:55 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.

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