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ghsa-98xf-q5m7-hgc7

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-10-04 18:31

Modified

2025-10-04 18:31

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-98xf-q5m7-hgc7",
  "modified": "2025-10-04T18:31:14Z",
  "published": "2025-10-04T18:31:14Z",
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CVE-2023-53546 (GCVE-0-2023-53546)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-10-04 15:16

Modified

2025-10-04 15:16

Severity ?

Summary

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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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Linux

Version: 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2
Version: 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2
Version: 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2
Version: 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2
Version: 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2
Version: 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2

Linux

Version: 5.4

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