CVE-2023-53266

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: acpi: Fix possible memory leak of ffh_ctxt Allocated 'ffh_ctxt' memory leak is possible if the SMCCC version and conduit checks fail and -EOPNOTSUPP is returned without freeing the allocated memory. Fix the same by moving the allocation after the SMCCC version and conduit checks.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedSep 16, 2025
First seenSep 16, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-401CWE-401

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.2.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.36.2.3

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