CVE-2023-53745: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: vector: Fix memory leak in vector_config If the return value of the uml_parse_vector_ifspec function is NULL, we should call kfree(params) to prevent memory leak.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 4.17, before 4.19.276 (fixed in 4.19.276); from 4.20, before 5.4.235 (fixed in 5.4.235); from 5.5, before 5.10.173 (fixed in 5.10.173); from 5.11, before 5.15.100 (fixed in 5.15.100); from 5.16, before 6.1.18 (fixed in 6.1.18); from 6.2, before 6.2.5 (fixed in 6.2.5)

Published 2025-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.