CVE-2023-53371: 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: net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create The memory pointed to by the fs->any pointer is not freed in the error path of mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create, which can lead to a memory leak. Fix by freeing the memory in the error path, thereby making the error path identical to mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_destroy().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.13, before 6.1.40 (fixed in 6.1.40); from 6.2, before 6.4.5 (fixed in 6.4.5); version 6.5 only

Published 2025-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.