In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one() cas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This memory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling path of the probe. Add the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c0ed097a874156957b515d0ba7e356142eab87 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/172146c26f0c1b86ab4e9ebffc7e06f04229fa17 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234e744d86bd95b381d24546df2dba72804e0219 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412cd77a2c24b191c65ea53025222418db09817c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d8e8b88087d68e10c8991a0f6733fa2f963ff0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b1a667744741fa7807b09a12797a27f14f3fac cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc61f7582cc92d547d02e141cd66f5d1f4ed8012 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20105d967ab5b53ff50a0e5991fe37324d2ba20 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091858-CVE-2023-53435-ed57@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53435 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53435 cve-icon
History

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one() cas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This memory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling path of the probe. Add the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur.
Title cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one()
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-18T16:04:14.476Z

Updated: 2025-09-18T16:04:14.476Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:54:09.751Z

Link: CVE-2023-53435

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-18T16:15:47.607

Modified: 2025-09-18T16:15:47.607

Link: CVE-2023-53435

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53435 - Bugzilla