CVE-2023-53371 (GCVE-0-2023-53371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-18 13:33 – Updated: 2026-01-14 19:03
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Title
net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create The memory pointed to by the fs->any pointer is not freed in the error path of mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create, which can lead to a memory leak. Fix by freeing the memory in the error path, thereby making the error path identical to mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_destroy().
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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Linux Linux Affected: 0f575c20bf0686caf3d82d6c626c2e1e4a4c36e6 , < 75df2fe6d160e16be880aacacd521b135d7177c9 (git)
Affected: 0f575c20bf0686caf3d82d6c626c2e1e4a4c36e6 , < 8a75a6f169c3df3a94802314aa61282772ac75b8 (git)
Affected: 0f575c20bf0686caf3d82d6c626c2e1e4a4c36e6 , < 3250affdc658557a41df9c5fb567723e421f8bf2 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.40 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.5 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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