CVE-2023-53792

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret Free dhchap_secret in nvme_ctrl_dhchap_ctrl_secret_store() before we return when nvme_auth_generate_key() returns error.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c2dcc8ffc24e210a3aa05c204d92f3ef460b05

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec30a62789913b1bd0f0d44ea4d0d2d5608b1e8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43d0724d756a13694f612a8a151f835ad6425b93

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39b90fc75943406d2bd60fd1ea041aca2559cc5f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-09

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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