CVE-2023-53318: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.14.316 (fixed in 4.14.316); from 4.15, before 4.19.284 (fixed in 4.19.284); from 4.20, before 5.4.244 (fixed in 5.4.244); from 5.5, before 5.10.181 (fixed in 5.10.181); from 5.11, before 5.15.113 (fixed in 5.15.113); from 5.16, before 6.1.30 (fixed in 6.1.30); …

Published 2025-09-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.