CVE-2023-53792: Linux

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret Free dhchap_secret in nvme_ctrl_dhchap_ctrl_secret_store() before we return when nvme_auth_generate_key() returns error.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.0, before 6.1.39 (fixed in 6.1.39); from 6.2, before 6.3.13 (fixed in 6.3.13); from 6.4, before 6.4.4 (fixed in 6.4.4)

Published 2025-12-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.