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CVE-2023-53211: driver core: location: Free struct acpi_pld_info *pld before return false

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.19 before 6.1.16; from 6.2 before 6.2.3 — fixed in 6.1.16, 6.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.16, 6.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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