CVE-2023-53546

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53546
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53546.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53546
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-10-04T15:16:54.132Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:46:49.731410Z
Summary
net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx
Details

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

net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5drcmdcreatereformatctx

when mlx5cmdexec failed in mlx5drcmdcreatereformatctx, the memory pointed by 'in' is not released, which will cause memory leak. Move memory release after mlx5cmdexec.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53546.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2
Fixed
800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb
Fixed
165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223
Fixed
00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f
Fixed
3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4
Fixed
622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235
Fixed
5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53546.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.4.0
Fixed
5.4.253
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.190
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.126
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.45
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.4.10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53546.json"