What is CVE-2023-53677?

CVE-2023-53677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-53677?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-53677 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2023-53677

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix memory leaks in i915 selftests This patch fixes memory leaks on error escapes in function fake_get_pages (cherry picked from commit 8bfbdadce85c4c51689da10f39c805a7106d4567)

EPSS: 0.001 (2.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions c3bfba9a222550406082c92bbabc9c8b1355d8b8, 6.3, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53677?: CVE-2023-53677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-53677?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-53677 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.