{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2023-53611",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-53611"
  ],
  "published": "2025-10-04T15:52:53Z",
  "summary": "ipmi_si: fix a memleak in try_smi_init()",
  "details": "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()`.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.53",
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53611"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9bc8fbb2d416ce87f0342478dc9fcfd79f2c65f"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f53ab5a2bf20fed59a2f7542d3453228b8056358"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c5f02e16b919c8cb6024dc3778c8d8f1fb1f26b"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb7d8a4b4beb3061b3a1847a742983a01dca381"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cb2a71b2e982015fe0464f28da1ab42b8e6375"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bfcfea0fae0d0a6c6ff5543e6d704b3807b83ce"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7291af9a738d936c2d6869d030711dceb68404d0"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cf1a126de2992b4efe1c3c4d398f8de4aed6e3f"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
  }
}