CVE-2023-53617

soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: October 7, 2025 at 03:19 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:45 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1285.11 ≤ v < 6.1.475.11 ≤ v < 6.4.125.11 ≤ v < 6.55.16 ≤ v < 6.1.476.2 ≤ v < 6.4.125.11 6.5 rc1 6.5 rc2 6.5 rc3 6.5 rc4 6.5 rc5 6.5 rc6e0218dca5787c851b403fcbc33cdfec795446fca

Vendor states this is fixed in 6e6d847a8ce18ab2fbec4f579f682486a82d2c6b (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in b662856b71343d9e731c1cd4bbe54758c7791abb (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in d9a5ad4477d2a11e9b03f00c52694451e9332228 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in dfb9676ed25be25ca7cd198d0f0e093b76b7bc7f (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.128 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.47 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.12 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5 (unaffected)