PT-2025-40767
CVE-2023-53604
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Published
2023-04-04
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Updated
2026-08-27
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to device mapper integrity. Specifically, the issue involves a memory leak in the journal io cache if dm register target() fails during the dm integrity init() process. This occurs because kmem cache destroy() is not called in the error path.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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