CVE-2023-53546
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 4
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-401
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb
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