CVE-2023-53818 Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.133.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELMACROS-15152879
  • published30 Jan 2026
  • disclosed28 Jan 2026

Introduced: 28 Jan 2026

CVE-2023-53818  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-macros to version 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ARM: zynq: Fix refcount leak in zynq_early_slcr_init

of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on error path. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1