Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()
CVE-2023-53423
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections()
strdup() allocates memory for key_name. We need to release the memory in the following error paths. Add free() to avoid memory leak.
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5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a75866a5ceff5d4fdd5471e06c4c4d03e0298b3mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da73f102309fe29150e5c35acd20dd82063ff67mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1368eaea058e451d20ea99ca27e72d9df0d16ddmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f63d747bf7c983882a5ea7456a5f84ad3acad5mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d131718d9c45d559951f57c4b88209ca407433c4mitre
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