CVE-2023-53546

kernel: net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 4, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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 score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime