Memory Leak Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.127.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELSOURCE-14190652
  • published5 Dec 2025
  • disclosed4 Dec 2025

Introduced: 4 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-53579  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-source to version 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 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:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

gpio: mvebu: fix irq domain leak

Uwe Kleine-König pointed out we still have one resource leak in the mvebu driver triggered on driver detach. Let's address it with a custom devm action.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1