# CVE-2023-54005: binder: fix memory leak in binder\_init()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix memory leak in binder_init() In binder_init(), the destruction of binder_alloc_shrinker_init() is not performed in the wrong path, which will cause memory leaks. So this commit introduces binder_alloc_shrinker_exit() and calls it in the wrong path to fix that.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486dd742ba186ea333664c517d6775b06b1448ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb0f8cc987fb3d25c06b9662e08a42f99651207
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b97dad01c12169991f895de3d4f61b8115d12bab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7e5e2b87f5d27469075b6326b6b358e38cd9dcb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03eebad96233397f951d8e9fafd82a1674a77284
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f11a26633eb6d3bb24a10b1bacc4e4a9b0c6389f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee95051c0c1928051f86198bf5e554277a53b26b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb9743d6a08778b78d62d16b4230346d3508986

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