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CVE-2023-53830

UNSCORED
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leak when showing current settings When retriving a item string with tlmi_setting(), the result has to be freed using kfree(). In current_value_show() however, malformed item strings are not freed, causing a memory leak. Fix this by eliminating the early return responsible for this.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.1.25-1CVE-2023-53830
Fixed in:6.1.25-1CVE-2023-53830
Fixed in:6.1.25-1CVE-2023-53830

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days
10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

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