CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-53195
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mlxsw: minimal: fix potential memory leak in mlxsw_m_linecards_init
The line cards array is not freed in the error path of
mlxsw_m_linecards_init(), which can lead to a memory leak. Fix by
freeing the array in the error path, thereby making the error path
identical to mlxsw_m_linecards_fini().
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.1 < 6.1.39)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.4.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness