CVE-2023-53195 (GCVE-0-2023-53195)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 14:06
Modified
2025-09-15 14:06
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxsw: minimal: fix potential memory leak in mlxsw_m_linecards_init The line cards array is not freed in the error path of mlxsw_m_linecards_init(), which can lead to a memory leak. Fix by freeing the array in the error path, thereby making the error path identical to mlxsw_m_linecards_fini().
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08fc75735fda3be97194bfbf3c899c87abb3d0fe
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd716022c968bc6748f23708b986f845b45791b7
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4f5b1dd816dccd4ee6bb60b2a81a3d4373636a9
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Linux Linux Version: 01328e23a476a47179b07125eabac439bc1d5fd3
Version: 01328e23a476a47179b07125eabac439bc1d5fd3
Version: 01328e23a476a47179b07125eabac439bc1d5fd3
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