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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-53579 json

gpio: mvebu: fix irq domain leak

published 2025-10-04 13 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-32315

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

gpio: mvebu: fix irq domain leak

Uwe Kleine-König pointed out we still have one resource leak in the mvebu driver triggered on driver detach. Let's address it with a custom devm action.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 3.17, 4.9, 5.15.124, 6.1.43, 6.4.8, 6.5
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.52-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.4.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53579

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-88.98
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1049.54
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1046.54
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1046.51
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1042.45
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1046.51
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1051.59
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1032.38

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53579

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  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +3 more 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1
  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1

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-2023-53579 updated

kernel: gpio: mvebu: fix irq domain leak

  • 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 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
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References

Sources

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