CVE-2023-53546

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Memory Leak

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx when mlx5_cmd_exec failed in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx, the memory pointed by 'in' is not released, which will cause memory leak. Move memory release after mlx5_cmd_exec.

References (6)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.4.253

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Oct 04, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026