# CVE-2023-53697: nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr\_groups in unregister\_nvdimm\_pmu()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-22 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18

## 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'.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a6ff9c2a81348fe0f04e2deb758145e8ab94e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4999f2ec5fde7c45e3ecafda5b78560cc1c7bdb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16259c80542ee8945aaa39cfc6a1809bcdc08ffe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ae42c72142346645e63c33835da947dfa008b3

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