What is CVE-2026-23065?

CVE-2026-23065 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.8 onward and patched in 6.12.68, 6.18.8 and 6.19. CVE-2026-23065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-23065?

CVE-2026-23065 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-23065?

Yes, CVE-2026-23065 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.68, 6.18.8 and 6.19. If you are running Linux kernel 6.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-23065 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-23065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2026-23065

Medium

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().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-02-04

Last modified 2026-03-13

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2026-23065 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.68, 6.18.8, 6.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.8

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.68 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.8 6.18.x ✓ 6.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2026-23065 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1152dffe01af86e42ce2b208b92ef7f8c275d130
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0072bd1f1e559eda3e91a24dbc51c9eb025c54
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bf1877b7094c684e1d652cac6912cfbc507ad3e
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2026-23065

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-02-04

Modified 2026-03-13

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23065?

CVE-2026-23065 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.8 onward and has been patched in 6.12.68, 6.18.8 and 6.19. CVE-2026-23065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-23065?

CVE-2026-23065 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-23065?

Yes — CVE-2026-23065 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.68, 6.18.8 and 6.19. If you are running Linux kernel 6.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-23065 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2026-23065 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →