CVE-2023-53858 json
tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of error
published 2025-12-09 11 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-60138
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of error
If clk_get_rate() fails, the clk that has just been allocated needs to be freed.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.40, 6.4.5, 6.5
- linux Debian 12 6.1.52-1
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.4.11-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53858
- linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-166.183
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-86.96
- linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1113.123
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1047.52
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1117.126
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.52
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1060.65
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53858
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- kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
- rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
- perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
- rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
- bpftool RHEL 9 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5
- libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
- kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
- kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
red hat advisories RHSA-2024:9315
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-40.1
- kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-40.1
- kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/755289d67eb9a74ae71bb624902e979c66859444 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47e6631a8fcc6fe05b8644aa4222a60f3b0a927 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/30962268fa1a7466413b3d83037688129021d470 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a49e5a05121c8bc471a57b4916c5393749c24de5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/073dbbe5743779faf24f233cc95459b47c7198dd commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/34f5b826dd509b76644f83094b4af7e7668a6a38 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1694fc8ad734e2909a9e40d2be03cc4423e0bee6 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9c09546e903f1068acfa38e1ee18bded7114b37 commit
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-2023-53858 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: tty: serial: samsung_tty: Fix a memory leak in s3c24xx_serial_getclk() in case of error
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 moreaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, perf 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, rtla 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-64k 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-tools 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, python3-perf 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +6 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9315
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 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 10 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-headers 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5not affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/755289d67eb9a74ae71bb624902e979c66859444
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f47e6631a8fcc6fe05b8644aa4222a60f3b0a927
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/30962268fa1a7466413b3d83037688129021d470
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a49e5a05121c8bc471a57b4916c5393749c24de5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/073dbbe5743779faf24f233cc95459b47c7198dd
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/34f5b826dd509b76644f83094b4af7e7668a6a38
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1694fc8ad734e2909a9e40d2be03cc4423e0bee6
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a9c09546e903f1068acfa38e1ee18bded7114b37
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-53858
- NVD CVE-2023-53858
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