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

nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()

Memory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function
'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function
'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.
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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu() Memory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function 'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function 'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.
Title nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-22T13:23:37.757Z

Reserved: 2025-10-22T13:21:37.345Z

Link: CVE-2023-53697

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:44.223

Modified: 2025-10-22T14:15:44.223

Link: CVE-2023-53697

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