{"cve":"CVE-2023-53830","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-09T16:17:21.903","modified":"2026-06-17T06:46:08.820","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leak when showing current settings\n\nWhen retriving a item string with tlmi_setting(), the result has to be\nfreed using kfree(). In current_value_show() however, malformed\nitem strings are not freed, causing a memory leak.\nFix this by eliminating the early return responsible for this.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f99014c19fa50a5719c0bb78143282632675893","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9071525bfcb1f5674117dbed3eca0cd7b122813b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c4c053014585dcf20f4df954791b74d8a8afcd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9396d991abe8d1ac31a043274ab20b49f92c2e6"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:16:40.427100871+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53830","score":0.00238,"percentile":0.14863,"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."]}