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Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53592gpio: sifive: Fix refcount leak in sifive_gpio_probe

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: sifive: Fix refcount leak in sifive_gpio_probe of_irq_find_parent() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, We should use of_node_put() on it when not needed anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53592
Debian:13linux6.1.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53592
Debian:14linux6.1.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1033.37UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1035.42UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1035.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1031.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1027.30UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1026.28UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53592

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 96868dce644d002383f6d5eb575a6ce3c8779f39 – before f4a2ad1002006548e235255c65a4f1d07312be9d96868dce644d002383f6d5eb575a6ce3c8779f39 – before 95da1882ce9372ba20278f87cdb7a34f9812c4b596868dce644d002383f6d5eb575a6ce3c8779f39 – before f9fb4776ebbc16dfc512adbdc0fe218acb47c7cc96868dce644d002383f6d5eb575a6ce3c8779f39 – before 9a402a210798662b04cbe6ca466e916a15efa03a96868dce644d002383f6d5eb575a6ce3c8779f39 – before 694175cd8a1643cde3acb45c9294bca44a8e08e9
Linux Linux 5.6

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