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CVE-2023-53211 (GCVE-0-2023-53211)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:21 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:40
VLAI
Title
driver core: location: Free struct acpi_pld_info *pld before return false
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 17:48 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: bc443c31def574e3bfaed50cb493b8305ad79435 , < 8fe72b8f59f63ca776bb8a4fcd2f406057a9fc90 (git)
Affected: bc443c31def574e3bfaed50cb493b8305ad79435 , < 5a9de90951bbeaed775e4b8d1b16b4d359e82bf5 (git)
Affected: bc443c31def574e3bfaed50cb493b8305ad79435 , < 0d150f967e8410e1e6712484543eec709356a65d (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.16 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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