CVE-2023-53617

MEDIUM EPSS 7.9%
Published Oct 7, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 7, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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 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
7.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 9

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.128
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.47
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.4.12
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any

References 4

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e6d847a8ce18ab2fbec4f579f682486a82d2c6b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b662856b71343d9e731c1cd4bbe54758c7791abb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a5ad4477d2a11e9b03f00c52694451e9332228
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb9676ed25be25ca7cd198d0f0e093b76b7bc7f
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e6d847a8ce18ab2fbec4f579f682486a82d2c6b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b662856b71343d9e731c1cd4bbe54758c7791abb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a5ad4477d2a11e9b03f00c52694451e9332228
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb9676ed25be25ca7cd198d0f0e093b76b7bc7f
    Patch