CVE-2023-53367

accel/habanalabs: fix mem leak in capture user mappings

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/habanalabs: fix mem leak in capture user mappings This commit fixes a memory leak caused when clearing the user_mappings
info when a new context is opened immediately after user_mapping is
captured and a hard reset is performed.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/habanalabs: fix mem leak in capture user mappings This commit fixes a memory leak caused when clearing the user_mappings info when a new context is opened immediately after user_mapping is captured and a hard reset is performed.

This update provides the initial livepatch for this kernel update. This update does not contain any fixes and will be updated with livepatches later.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-09-17 CVE Reserved
2025-09-17 CVE Published
2026-01-14 CVE Updated
2026-02-25 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0feaf86d4e69507ab9b2af7dcc63a6886352d5db	Vuln. Introduced

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/973e0890e5264cb075ef668661cad06b67777121	2023-08-23
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314a7ffd7c196b27eedd50cb7553029e17789b55	2023-06-08

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.1 < 6.4.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.1 < 6.4.12"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.1 < 6.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.1 < 6.5"		en		Affected