CVE-2026-23065 platform/x86/amd: Fix memory leak in wbrf_record()

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the AMD platform driver allows attackers to exhaust kernel memory, potentially causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-23065?

CVE-2026-23065 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86/amd: Fix memory leak in wbrf_record()

The tmp buffer is allocated using kcalloc() but is not freed if acpi_evaluate_dsm() fails. This causes a memory leak in the error path.

Fix this by explicitly freeing the tmp buffer in the error handling path of acpi_evaluate_dsm().

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23065?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-23065?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-23065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-23065, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23065, GHSA-4v3j-3fr4-cjrj, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-23065, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23065, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23065.

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