CVE-2023-53211
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Publication date: 2025-09-15
Last updated on: 2025-12-03
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.19 (inc) to 6.1.16 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.2 (inc) to 6.2.3 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-401 | The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's driver core related to the handling of the struct acpi_pld_info. Specifically, the struct acpi_pld_info pointer should be freed before returning false on allocation failure, but it was not, causing a memory leak. The fix involves adding ACPI_FREE() to properly free the memory.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can cause a memory leak in the Linux kernel, which may lead to increased memory usage over time and potentially degrade system performance or stability if the leak is exploited or occurs frequently.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
The vulnerability involves a memory leak in the Linux kernel driver core related to the struct acpi_pld_info *pld not being freed properly. To mitigate this vulnerability, you should update your Linux kernel to a version where this issue has been fixed, as the patch adds ACPI_FREE() to free the struct before returning on allocation failure.