CVE-2023-54301 json
serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe`
published 2025-12-30 10 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-60503
- 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 9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe`
Smatch reports: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm7271.c:1120 brcmuart_probe() warn: 'baud_mux_clk' from clk_prepare_enable() not released on lines: 1032.
The issue is fixed by using a managed clock.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4, 6.4
- linux Debian 12 6.1.37-1
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.3.7-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54301
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-83.92
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1041.49
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1041.46
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1037.40
- linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1041.46
- linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1046.53
- linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.32
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54301
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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-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
- kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
- kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
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-2023-54301 updated cvss 3.3
kernel: serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe`
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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
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-54301
- NVD CVE-2023-54301
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