PT-2025-40156
CVE-2023-53449
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Published
2023-02-09
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Updated
2025-10-23
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak was identified in the
dasd eckd init() function within the s390/dasd module of the Linux kernel. The dasd reserve req structure is allocated before dasd vol info req, and requires freeing before an error return, similar to other cases within the function. This issue could lead to a memory leak.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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