CVE-2023-54169 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_ptp_open

When kvzalloc_node or kvzalloc failed in mlx5e_ptp_open, the memory
pointed by "c" or "cparams" is not freed, which can lead to a memory
leak. Fix by freeing the array in the error path.

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4892e1e548b5bd6524c1c89df06e4849df26fc20
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7035e3ae600c4e9cb3dc220c24dd77112ddff8b1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a8f7337a14cdb215c76a8f4cf3f3be8b59177d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d543b649ffe58a0cb4b6948b3305069c5980a1fa

History

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_ptp_open When kvzalloc_node or kvzalloc failed in mlx5e_ptp_open, the memory pointed by "c" or "cparams" is not freed, which can lead to a memory leak. Fix by freeing the array in the error path.
Title		net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_ptp_open
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4892e1e548b5bd6524c1c89df06e4849df26fc20 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7035e3ae600c4e9cb3dc220c24dd77112ddff8b1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a8f7337a14cdb215c76a8f4cf3f3be8b59177d https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d543b649ffe58a0cb4b6948b3305069c5980a1fa

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-30T12:08:44.089Z

Updated: 2025-12-30T12:08:44.089Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:44.496Z

Link: CVE-2023-54169

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:04.720

Modified: 2025-12-30T13:16:04.720

Link: CVE-2023-54169

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