CVE-2023-53546

Published: Oct 4, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (9)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

9 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	5.11 ≤ version < 5.15.126
Linux Linux Kernel	5.16 ≤ version < 6.1.45
Linux Linux Kernel	5.4 ≤ version < 5.4.253
Linux Linux Kernel	5.5 ≤ version < 5.10.190
Linux Linux Kernel	6.2 ≤ version < 6.4.10
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.5 rc4