{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2025-12-30T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe`",
    "id" : "2426231",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426231"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "3.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-772",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nserial: 8250_bcm7271: fix leak in `brcmuart_probe`\nSmatch reports:\ndrivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm7271.c:1120 brcmuart_probe() warn:\n'baud_mux_clk' from clk_prepare_enable() not released on lines: 1032.\nThe issue is fixed by using a managed clock.", "A resource leak flaw was found in the Broadcom BCM7271 serial driver. In the brcmuart_probe() function, the baud_mux_clk clock is prepared and enabled but not released in error paths, causing a clock resource leak when driver probe fails." ],
  "statement" : "This affects only Broadcom BCM7271 platforms using the 8250_bcm7271 serial driver. The leak occurs only during failed probe operations, not during normal runtime. Standard x86 systems and most ARM platforms are unaffected.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54301\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54301\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123032-CVE-2023-54301-630e@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2023-54301",
  "csaw" : false
}