CVE-2023-53568 Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.184.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELSOURCE-14043689
  • published18 Nov 2025
  • disclosed15 Nov 2025

Introduced: 15 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2023-53568  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-source to version 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source package and not the kernel-source package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

s390/zcrypt: don't leak memory if dev_set_name() fails

When dev_set_name() fails, zcdn_create() doesn't free the newly allocated resources. Do it.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1