CVE-2023-53546

Published: Oct 4, 2025Modified: Mar 21, 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	From 5.11 to 5.15.126
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.16 to 6.1.45
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.4 to 5.4.253
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.5 to 5.10.190
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.2 to 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