CVE-2023-52643 iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs

What is CVE-2023-52643?

CVE-2023-52643 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs

When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() fails, we should free iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group.attrs to prevent potential memleak.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52643?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52643?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-52643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-52643, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52643, GHSA-w82p-p27g-2qgq, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52643.