CVE-2023-53195: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.1, before 6.1.39 (fixed in 6.1.39); from 6.2, before 6.4.4 (fixed in 6.4.4)

Published 2025-09-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.