CVE-2023-53546

medium

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

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-10-04

Updated: 2025-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024