Memory Leak Affecting kernel-64k-modules-internal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KMODULESINTERNAL-9581852
  • published1 Apr 2025
  • disclosed27 Mar 2025

Introduced: 27 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2023-53008  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-64k-modules-internal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules-internal package and not the kernel-64k-modules-internal package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

cifs: fix potential memory leaks in session setup

Make sure to free cifs_ses::auth_key.response before allocating it as we might end up leaking memory in reconnect or mounting.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1