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Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53249clk: imx: clk-imx8mn: fix memory leak in imx8mn_clocks_probe

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 95.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: imx: clk-imx8mn: fix memory leak in imx8mn_clocks_probe Use devm_of_iomap() instead of of_iomap() to automatically handle the unused ioremap region. If any error occurs, regions allocated by kzalloc() will leak, but using devm_kzalloc() instead will automatically free the memory using devm_kfree().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53249
Debian:13linux6.4.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53249
Debian:14linux6.4.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-86.96UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1047.52UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1049.56UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1049.56.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1044.52UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1044.49UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1040.43UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1043.49UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1044.49UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-86.95UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1045.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1040.43UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53249

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 96d6392b54dbb1ff2b39448a2516fa6abb33114b – before 294321349bd3b0680847fc2bbe66b9ab3e522fea96d6392b54dbb1ff2b39448a2516fa6abb33114b – before 50b5ddde8fad5f0ffd239029d0956af633a0f9b196d6392b54dbb1ff2b39448a2516fa6abb33114b – before 9ba3693b0350b154fdd7830559bbc7b04c06709696d6392b54dbb1ff2b39448a2516fa6abb33114b – before 9428cf0fbf4be9a24f3e15a0c166b861b12666af96d6392b54dbb1ff2b39448a2516fa6abb33114b – before d4fa5e47af1e7bb2bbcaac062b14216c00e9214896d6392b54dbb1ff2b39448a2516fa6abb33114b – before 188d070de9132667956f5aadd98d2bd87d3eac89
Linux Linux 5.4

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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