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CVE-2023-53505: clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix potential memory leak

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix potential memory leak The tegra and tegra needs to be freed in the error handling path, otherwise it will be leaked.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.2 before 5.4.251; from 5.5 before 5.10.188; from 5.11 before 5.15.121; from 5.16 before 6.1.39; from 6.2 before 6.3.13; from 6.4 before 6.4.4 — fixed in 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 5.4.251, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 5.4.251, 6.1.39. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/404e9f741acfb188212f7142d91e247630dd77cc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e59e355f9fcccd9edf65d09f769bb4c163a1c36
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53a06e5924c0d43c11379a08c5a78529c3e61595
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/801c8341f7aff07c494b53e627970b72635af5d3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96bafece6ff380138896f009141fd7337070e680
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e969c144d908ea9387442659f103d374c8ff682d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd1c117bb5d7e033bf1aa25ac97ff421f81a1199

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