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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-52653 json

SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context

published 2024-05-01 2 y ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2023-57277

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context

The ctx->mech_used.data allocated by kmemdup is not freed in neither gss_import_v2_context nor it only caller gss_krb5_import_sec_context, which frees ctx on error.

Thus, this patch reform the last call of gss_import_v2_context to the gss_krb5_import_ctx_v2, preventing the memleak while keepping the return formation.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.7.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52653

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-35.35
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1009.9
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1008.9
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1004.7
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1006.6
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1008.8
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1005.5
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-35.35.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52653

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  • kernel-rt RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:3510RHSA-2024:5102RHSA-2024:5101

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.1
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1SUSE-SU-2025:0834-1SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:5101ALSA-2024:5102

  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1
  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:5101RLSA-2024:5102RLSA-2024:5101

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-52653 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) libperf 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) rv 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:3510
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4) bpftool 7.3.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:3510
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5102
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:3510
show 1 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5102

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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