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CVE-2023-53617: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup

• 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: 2025-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

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 products

• Linux kernel: from 5.11 before 5.15.128; from 5.16 before 6.1.47; from 6.2 before 6.4.12; 6.5-rc1, 6.5-rc2, 6.5-rc3, 6.5-rc4, 6.5-rc5, 6.5-rc6 — fixed in 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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