MediumFix available
recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 5.4.244, 6.1.30, 6.3.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53318
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 16 Sept 2025, 16:11 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure
osv:CVE-2023-53318
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4
Complete source record
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