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  - kcm: Fix error handling for SOCK_DGRAM in kcm_sendmsg(). syzkaller found a memory leak in kcm_sendmsg(),     and commit c821a88bd720 (kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg()) suppressed it by updating     kcm_tx_msg(head)->last_skb if partial data is copied so that the following sendmsg() will resume from the     skb. However, we cannot know how many bytes were copied when we get the error. Thus, we could mess up the     MSG_MORE queue. When kcm_sendmsg() fails for SOCK_DGRAM, we should purge the queue as we do so for UDP by     udp_flush_pending_frames(). Even without this change, when the error occurred, the following sendmsg()     resumed from a wrong skb and the queue was messed up. However, we have yet to get such a report, and only     syzkaller stumbled on it. So, this can be changed safely. Note this does not change SOCK_SEQPACKET     behaviour. (CVE-2023-53825)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53825

medium Nessus Plugin ID 278544

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Version 1.5 Jan 21, 2026, 10:50 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601211050
Version 1.4 Jan 15, 2026, 2:04 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601151404
Version 1.3 Jan 10, 2026, 7:58 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601101958
Version 1.2 Dec 15, 2025, 9:39 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512152139
Version 1.1 Dec 12, 2025, 5:16 PM New Plugin Feed: 202512121716