CVE-2023-53505 clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix potential memory leak
A memory leak in the Linux kernel Tegra EMC clock driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-53505?
CVE-2023-53505 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 2025. 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:
clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix potential memory leak
The tegra and tegra needs to be freed in the error handling path, otherwise it will be leaked.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53505?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2023-53505?
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-2023-53505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53505, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53505, GHSA-5whm-xp9m-869g, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53505.