CVE-2023-53211 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: location: Free struct acpi_pld_info *pld before return false
struct acpi_pld_info *pld should be freed before the return of allocation
failure, to prevent memory leak, add the ACPI_FREE() to fix it.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxbc443c31def574e3bfaed50cb493b8305ad79435 — 8fe72b8f59f63ca776bb8a4fcd2f406057a9fc90+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-h5wq-3gv4-fhv7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: location: Free struct acpi_pld_info *pld before return false
struct↗2025-09-15
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53211: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: location: Free struct acpi_pld_info *pld before return false struct a↗2025-09-15