CVE-2023-53792

kernel: nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 9, 2025

Updated · July 22, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret

Free dhchap_secret in nvme_ctrl_dhchap_ctrl_secret_store() before we return when nvme_auth_generate_key() returns error.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime