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CVE-2023-53546
net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx
Medium5.5EPSS 0.16%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2 – < 800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb
- affected 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2 – < 165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223
- affected 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2 – < 00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f
- affected 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2 – < 3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4
- affected 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2 – < 622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235
- affected 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2 – < 5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936
- affected 5.4
- unaffected < 5.4
- unaffected 5.4.253 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.190 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.126 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.45 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.4.10 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5 – ≤ *
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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