CVE-2023-53546: 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/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx when mlx5_cmd_exec failed in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx, the memory pointed by 'in' is not released, which will cause memory leak. Move memory release after mlx5_cmd_exec.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.4, before 5.4.253 (fixed in 5.4.253); from 5.5, before 5.10.190 (fixed in 5.10.190); from 5.11, before 5.15.126 (fixed in 5.15.126); from 5.16, before 6.1.45 (fixed in 6.1.45); from 6.2, before 6.4.10 (fixed in 6.4.10); version 6.5 only

Published 2025-10-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.