CVE-2023-53633

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak exists in the map user pages() function within the qaic component of the Linux kernel. The issue occurs when get user pages fast() allocates pages but does not allocate the requested number of pages, leading to a leak of those allocated pages. The put page() function is not called on these pages before returning, resulting in the memory leak.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.