# CVE-2023-54252: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leaks when parsing ThinkStation WMI strings

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.107, 6.1.24, 6.2.11
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: from 5.15.106, fixed in 5.15.107; from 6.1.23, fixed in 6.1.24; from 6.2.10, fixed in 6.2.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leaks when parsing ThinkStation WMI strings My previous commit introduced a memory leak where the item allocated from tlmi_setting was not freed. This commit also renames it to avoid confusion with the similarly name variable in the same function.

## What to do

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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/cccdb30935c82be805d3362a15680b95d5cb3ee0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/081da7b1c881828244b93b3befb7c18389f696bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43fc0342bac1808fda2b76184e43414727111c6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7d796fccdc8d17c2d21817ebe4c7bf5bbfe5433

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