# CVE-2023-53505: clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix potential memory leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix potential memory leak The tegra and tegra needs to be freed in the error handling path, otherwise it will be leaked.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/801c8341f7aff07c494b53e627970b72635af5d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/404e9f741acfb188212f7142d91e247630dd77cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd1c117bb5d7e033bf1aa25ac97ff421f81a1199
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96bafece6ff380138896f009141fd7337070e680
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e969c144d908ea9387442659f103d374c8ff682d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e59e355f9fcccd9edf65d09f769bb4c163a1c36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53a06e5924c0d43c11379a08c5a78529c3e61595

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