PT-2025-40774 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
Published
2023-06-29
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Updated
2025-12-04
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CVE-2023-53611
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak was identified and resolved in the
try smi init() function within the ipmi si module of the Linux kernel. The issue occurred when an error happened during handler registration after allocating memory for new smi->si sm, leading to the memory not being freed due to shutdown smi() not being registered yet. The fix involves adding a kfree() call in the error handling path of the try smi init() function. The kmalloc function and the do one initcall function are involved in the call stack.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Leak
Improper Resource Release
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse