CVE-2023-54015
kernel: net/mlx5: Devcom, fix error flow in mlx5_devcom_register_device
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 24, 2025
Updated · July 22, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Devcom, fix error flow in mlx5_devcom_register_device
In case devcom allocation is failed, mlx5 is always freeing the priv. However, this priv might have been allocated by a different thread, and freeing it might lead to use-after-free bugs. Fix it by freeing the priv only in case it was allocated by the running thread.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE-364 · Signal Handler Race Condition