CVE-2023-54252Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
3.3LOW
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leaks when parsing ThinkStation WMI strings My previous commit introduced a memory leak where the item allocated from tlmi_setting was not freed. This commit also renames it to avoid confusion with the similarly name variable in the same function.

Affected Packages3 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.15.1065.15.107+2
CVEListV5linux/linuxdae47bf0222e1e0eb6684c7e141b7170b0884a4ccccdb30935c82be805d3362a15680b95d5cb3ee0+6
debiandebian/linux

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leaks when parsing ThinkStation WMI strings2025-12-30
OSV
CVE-2023-54252: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leaks when parsing ThinkStation WMI strings My2025-12-30
GHSA
GHSA-ff8m-hq8v-j76h: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leaks when parsing ThinkStation WMI strings2025-12-30

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leaks when parsing ThinkStation WMI strings2025-12-30
Debian
CVE-2023-54252: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x8...2023

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-54252 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz