Memory Leak Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-10036248
  • published5 May 2025
  • disclosed2 May 2025

Introduced: 2 May 2025

CVE-2023-53120  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7077.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: mpi3mr: Fix config page DMA memory leak

A fix for:

DMA-API: pci 0000:83:00.0: device driver has pending DMA allocations while released from device [count=1]

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1