{"id":"CVE-2023-53261","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"coresight: Fix memory leak in acpi_buffer->pointer","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncoresight: Fix memory leak in acpi_buffer->pointer\n\nThere are memory leaks reported by kmemleak:\n...\nunreferenced object 0xffff00213c141000 (size 1024):\n  comm \"systemd-udevd\", pid 2123, jiffies 4294909467 (age 6062.160s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    04 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 18 10 14 3c 21 00 ff ff  ...........<!...\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 10 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<000000004b7c9001>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x2f8/0x348\n    [<00000000b0fc7ceb>] __kmalloc+0x58/0x108\n    [<0000000064ff4695>] acpi_os_allocate+0x2c/0x68\n    [<000000007d57d116>] acpi_ut_initialize_buffer+0x54/0xe0\n    [<0000000024583908>] acpi_evaluate_object+0x388/0x438\n    [<0000000017b2e72b>] acpi_evaluate_object_typed+0xe8/0x240\n    [<000000005df0eac2>] coresight_get_platform_data+0x1b4/0x988 [coresight]\n...\n\nThe ACPI buffer memory (buf.pointer) should be freed. But the buffer\nis also used after returning from acpi_get_dsd_graph().\nMove the temporary variables buf to acpi_coresight_parse_graph(),\nand free it before the function return to prevent memory leak.","publishedAt":"2025-09-15T14:46:33.065Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T12:17:28.351Z","severity":{"score":5.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"76ffa5ab5b79c250b9744b7f8bdd835db426a1ae","status":"affected","lessThan":"10bbb7efcad40a06d7acfc0a14af21c19b496eff","versionType":"git"},{"version":"76ffa5ab5b79c250b9744b7f8bdd835db426a1ae","status":"affected","lessThan":"d1b60e7c9fee34eaedf1fc4e0471f75b33f83a4a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"76ffa5ab5b79c250b9744b7f8bdd835db426a1ae","status":"affected","lessThan":"1a9e02673e2550f5612099e64e8761f0c8fc0f50","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.3","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.5.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10bbb7efcad40a06d7acfc0a14af21c19b496eff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b60e7c9fee34eaedf1fc4e0471f75b33f83a4a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a9e02673e2550f5612099e64e8761f0c8fc0f50"],"weaknesses":["CWE-401"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-30T12:34:06.950Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53261.json","commit":"db8103c5921aac81d5d90efcf3745980dafabf49","baselineCommit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53261","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-09-15T14:46:33.065Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:17:28.351Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-09-15T14:19:21.850Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"coresight: Fix memory leak in acpi_buffer->pointer","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncoresight: Fix memory leak in acpi_buffer->pointer\n\nThere are memory leaks reported by kmemleak:\n...\nunreferenced object 0xffff00213c141000 (size 1024):\n  comm \"systemd-udevd\", pid 2123, jiffies 4294909467 (age 6062.160s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    04 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 18 10 14 3c 21 00 ff ff  ...........<!...\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 10 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<000000004b7c9001>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x2f8/0x348\n    [<00000000b0fc7ceb>] __kmalloc+0x58/0x108\n    [<0000000064ff4695>] acpi_os_allocate+0x2c/0x68\n    [<000000007d57d116>] acpi_ut_initialize_buffer+0x54/0xe0\n    [<0000000024583908>] acpi_evaluate_object+0x388/0x438\n    [<0000000017b2e72b>] acpi_evaluate_object_typed+0xe8/0x240\n    [<000000005df0eac2>] coresight_get_platform_data+0x1b4/0x988 [coresight]\n...\n\nThe ACPI buffer memory (buf.pointer) should be freed. But the buffer\nis also used after returning from acpi_get_dsd_graph().\nMove the temporary variables buf to acpi_coresight_parse_graph(),\nand free it before the function return to prevent memory leak."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"76ffa5ab5b79c250b9744b7f8bdd835db426a1ae","status":"affected","lessThan":"10bbb7efcad40a06d7acfc0a14af21c19b496eff","versionType":"git"},{"version":"76ffa5ab5b79c250b9744b7f8bdd835db426a1ae","status":"affected","lessThan":"d1b60e7c9fee34eaedf1fc4e0471f75b33f83a4a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"76ffa5ab5b79c250b9744b7f8bdd835db426a1ae","status":"affected","lessThan":"1a9e02673e2550f5612099e64e8761f0c8fc0f50","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.3","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.5.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10bbb7efcad40a06d7acfc0a14af21c19b496eff"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b60e7c9fee34eaedf1fc4e0471f75b33f83a4a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a9e02673e2550f5612099e64e8761f0c8fc0f50"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:17:28.351Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.191"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.5.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.6"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.5,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2023-53261","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-01-14T18:02:51.752323Z"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-401","lang":"en","type":"CWE","description":"CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-01-14T18:12:51.941Z"}}]}}}