CVE-2023-53211

MEDIUM EPSS 4.0%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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 Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.19  –  <6.1.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.2.3

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d150f967e8410e1e6712484543eec709356a65d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a9de90951bbeaed775e4b8d1b16b4d359e82bf5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe72b8f59f63ca776bb8a4fcd2f406057a9fc90
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d150f967e8410e1e6712484543eec709356a65d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a9de90951bbeaed775e4b8d1b16b4d359e82bf5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe72b8f59f63ca776bb8a4fcd2f406057a9fc90
    Patch