{"cve":"CVE-2023-53611","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-04T16:15:57.863","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:42.770","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipmi_si: fix a memleak in try_smi_init()\n\nKmemleak reported the following leak info in try_smi_init():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff00018ecf9400 (size 1024):\n  comm \"modprobe\", pid 2707763, jiffies 4300851415 (age 773.308s)\n  backtrace:\n    [<000000004ca5b312>] __kmalloc+0x4b8/0x7b0\n    [<00000000953b1072>] try_smi_init+0x148/0x5dc [ipmi_si]\n    [<000000006460d325>] 0xffff800081b10148\n    [<0000000039206ea5>] do_one_initcall+0x64/0x2a4\n    [<00000000601399ce>] do_init_module+0x50/0x300\n    [<000000003c12ba3c>] load_module+0x7a8/0x9e0\n    [<00000000c246fffe>] __se_sys_init_module+0x104/0x180\n    [<00000000eea99093>] __arm64_sys_init_module+0x24/0x30\n    [<0000000021b1ef87>] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x94/0x250\n    [<0000000070f4f8b7>] do_el0_svc+0x48/0xe0\n    [<000000005a05337f>] el0_svc+0x24/0x3c\n    [<000000005eb248d6>] el0_sync_handler+0x160/0x164\n    [<0000000030a59039>] el0_sync+0x160/0x180\n\nThe problem was that when an error occurred before handlers registration\nand after allocating `new_smi->si_sm`, the variable wouldn't be freed in\nthe error handling afterwards since `shutdown_smi()` hadn't been\nregistered yet. Fix it by adding a `kfree()` in the error handling path\nin `try_smi_init()`.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cb2a71b2e982015fe0464f28da1ab42b8e6375","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bfcfea0fae0d0a6c6ff5543e6d704b3807b83ce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c5f02e16b919c8cb6024dc3778c8d8f1fb1f26b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cf1a126de2992b4efe1c3c4d398f8de4aed6e3f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7291af9a738d936c2d6869d030711dceb68404d0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53611","score":0.00149,"percentile":0.04042,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}