{"id":"CVE-2023-53096","title":"interconnect: fix mem leak when freeing nodes","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninterconnect: fix mem leak when freeing nodes\n\nThe node link array is allocated when adding links to a node but is not\ndeallocated when nodes are destroyed.","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < f1e3a20c60196c37a402c584d0c9de306ba988ce","Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < efae80ca13faa94457208852825731da44a788ad","Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < 2e0b13a1827229a02abef97b50ffaf89ba25370a","Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < 3167306455d0fbbbcf08cb25651acc527a86a95e","Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < c1722e4113281fb34e5b4fb5c5387b17cd39a537","Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < a5904f415e1af72fa8fe6665aa4f554dc2099a95","Linux 5.1"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T20:17:10.315960Z"},"published":"2025-05-02","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T20:21:00.796Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53096","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1e3a20c60196c37a402c584d0c9de306ba988ce"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efae80ca13faa94457208852825731da44a788ad"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0b13a1827229a02abef97b50ffaf89ba25370a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3167306455d0fbbbcf08cb25651acc527a86a95e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1722e4113281fb34e5b4fb5c5387b17cd39a537"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5904f415e1af72fa8fe6665aa4f554dc2099a95"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00202,"epssPercentile":0.10262,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.769Z","slug":"CVE-2023-53096","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninterconnect: fix mem leak when freeing nodes\n\nThe node link array is allocated when adding links to a node but is not\ndeallocated when nodes are destroyed.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < f1e3a20c60196c37a402c584d0c9de306ba988ce`\n- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < efae80ca13faa94457208852825731da44a788ad`\n- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < 2e0b13a1827229a02abef97b50ffaf89ba25370a`\n- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < 3167306455d0fbbbcf08cb25651acc527a86a95e`\n- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < c1722e4113281fb34e5b4fb5c5387b17cd39a537`\n- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < a5904f415e1af72fa8fe6665aa4f554dc2099a95`\n- `Linux 5.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}