CVE-2023-53697: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-53697 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 12Timeline
- 22-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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'.
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.20% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu83 products
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.55-1 | < 6.5.3-1
Linux1 product
- linux≥ 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116, < 500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e | ≥ 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116, < 4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5 | ≥ 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116, < 16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe | ≥ 0fab1ba6ad6ba1f76380f92ead95c6e861ef8116, < 85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3 | 5.18
3 vendors · 85 products