In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ubifs: Fix memory leak in alloc_wbufs()
kmemleak reported a sequence of memory leaks, and show them as following:
unreferenced object 0xffff8881575f8400 (size 1024):
comm "mount", pid 19625, jiffies 4297119604 (age 20.383s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffff8176cecd>] __kmalloc+0x4d/0x150
[<ffffffffa0406b2b>] ubifs_mount+0x307b/0x7170 [ubifs]
[<ffffffff819fa8fd>] legacy_get_tree+0xed/0x1d0
[<ffffffff81936f2d>] vfs_get_tree+0x7d/0x230
[<ffffffff819b2bd4>] path_mount+0xdd4/0x17b0
[<ffffffff819b37aa>] __x64_sys_mount+0x1fa/0x270
[<ffffffff83c14295>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[<ffffffff83e0006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
unreferenced object 0xffff8881798a6e00 (size 512):
comm "mount", pid 19677, jiffies 4297121912 (age 37.816s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
backtrace:
[<ffffffff8176cecd>] __kmalloc+0x4d/0x150
[<ffffffffa0418342>] ubifs_wbuf_init+0x52/0x480 [ubifs]
[<ffffffffa0406ca5>] ubifs_mount+0x31f5/0x7170 [ubifs]
[<ffffffff819fa8fd>] legacy_get_tree+0xed/0x1d0
[<ffffffff81936f2d>] vfs_get_tree+0x7d/0x230
[<ffffffff819b2bd4>] path_mount+0xdd4/0x17b0
[<ffffffff819b37aa>] __x64_sys_mount+0x1fa/0x270
[<ffffffff83c14295>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[<ffffffff83e0006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
The problem is that the ubifs_wbuf_init() returns an error in the
loop which in the alloc_wbufs(), then the wbuf->buf and wbuf->inodes
that were successfully alloced before are not freed.
Fix it by adding error hanging path in alloc_wbufs() which frees
the memory alloced before when ubifs_wbuf_init() returns an error.
References
Configurations
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History
20 Jan 2026, 15:52
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CWE | CWE-401 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f206002c6bc302bface871ef3f72c0bbcaa931c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26ec45f1c504e15268383019df139d7983f1e67f - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e29634eb56e6547272fe4e568f63421f8b3b9fa - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a1ff3c5d04b9079b4f768d9a71b51c4af578dd2 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf50229494f0443b3f08427d7df63e5a7e2a796a - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e11f36d3bc4d23f620754a948fe7b82b63dcb185 - Patch |
01 Oct 2025, 12:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-10-01 12:15
Updated : 2026-01-20 15:52
NVD link : CVE-2023-53468
Mitre link : CVE-2023-53468
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53468
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime