CVE-2023-53617 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Latest updateApr 20

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup Add kfree() in the later error handling in order to avoid memory leak.

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.11 — 5.15.128+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.52-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe0218dca5787c851b403fcbc33cdfec795446fca — dfb9676ed25be25ca7cd198d0f0e093b76b7bc7f+4
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
VulDB
Linux Kernel up to 5.15.127/6.1.46/6.4.11 kfree memory leak (WID-SEC-2025-2229)↗2026-04-20
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GHSA
GHSA-9pvh-f984-w7rj: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup Add kfree() in the later error handl↗2025-10-07
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OSV
CVE-2023-53617: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup Add kfree() in the later error handlin↗2025-10-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup↗2025-10-07
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Debian
CVE-2023-53617: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed...↗2023
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