CVE-2023-53318

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53318
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53318.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53318
Downstream
BELL (1)
CLSA (2)
DEBIAN (1)
OESA (1)
UBUNTU (1)
Published
2025-09-16T16:11:54Z
Modified
2026-10-28T02:30:38Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function
Details

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

recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function

Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53318.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
a50bd43935586420fb75f4558369eb08566fac5e
Fixed
bd39f68a309a947670379bf9a39b16c584f86ddb
Fixed
444ec005404cead222ebce2561a9451c9ee5ad89
Fixed
3ed95a6f6c646e8bb15c354536e0ab10e8f39c08
Fixed
2d9ca5f62f2ba160ff9c9be4adf401c46c04edef
Fixed
ff70ad9159fbb566b2c15724f44207e8deccd527
Fixed
895130e63c93926f07caf5db286b97bd27b81de9
Fixed
25c9b185f121812cbc215fdaa1192c6b9025b428
Fixed
fa359d068574d29e7d2f0fdd0ebe4c6a12b5cfb9
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3.2.76
Fixed
3.3
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3.4.113
Fixed
3.5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
fa41a0adbc216e18afe7a2dd4386f614899a0653
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
334e907923e9cab057020a9c7ec7d9f32ead6573

Affected versions

v3.*
v3.2.100
v3.2.101
v3.2.102
v3.2.76
v3.2.77
v3.2.78
v3.2.79
v3.2.80
v3.2.81
v3.2.82
v3.2.83
v3.2.84
v3.2.85
v3.2.86
v3.2.87
v3.2.88
v3.2.89
v3.2.90
v3.2.91
v3.2.92
v3.2.93
v3.2.94
v3.2.95
v3.2.96
v3.2.97
v3.2.98
v3.2.99
v3.4.113

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53318.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.4.0
Fixed
4.14.316
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.15.0
Fixed
4.19.284
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.244
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.181
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.113
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.30
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.3.4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53318.json"