CVE-2023-53745 (GCVE-0-2023-53745)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-08 01:19
Modified
2025-12-08 01:19
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: vector: Fix memory leak in vector_config If the return value of the uml_parse_vector_ifspec function is NULL, we should call kfree(params) to prevent memory leak.
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Linux Linux Version: 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb
Version: 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb
Version: 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb
Version: 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb
Version: 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb
Version: 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb
Version: 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb
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