Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53617
Published: October 8, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116703
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53617
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the aspeed_socinfo_init() function in drivers/soc/aspeed/aspeed-socinfo.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-53617
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- 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
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.128