# CVE-2023-53617: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-07 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: socinfo: Add kfree for kstrdup Add kfree() in the later error handling in order to avoid memory leak.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb9676ed25be25ca7cd198d0f0e093b76b7bc7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b662856b71343d9e731c1cd4bbe54758c7791abb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a5ad4477d2a11e9b03f00c52694451e9332228
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e6d847a8ce18ab2fbec4f579f682486a82d2c6b

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