CVE-2023-53697

nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()

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Published: October 22, 2025 at 01:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu() Memory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function 'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function 'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.18 ≤ v < 6.1.535.18 ≤ v < 6.4.165.18 ≤ v < 6.5.35.18 ≤ v < 6.60fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef81165.18
Vendor states this is fixed in 16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)

Remediation

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