CVE-2023-53719

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

Description The Linux kernel contains a resource leak in the arc serial probe function within the serial driver. Specifically, if the uart add one port function fails during the probe process, the memory mapped by of iomap for port->membase is not released, leading to a resource leak. The issue was addressed by replacing of iomap with devm platform ioremap resource. The affected function is arc serial probe.

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