CVE-2023-54169: Linux

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_ptp_open When kvzalloc_node or kvzalloc failed in mlx5e_ptp_open, the memory pointed by "c" or "cparams" is not freed, which can lead to a memory leak. Fix by freeing the array in the error path.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.11, before 5.15.121 (fixed in 5.15.121); from 5.16, before 6.1.40 (fixed in 6.1.40); from 6.2, before 6.4.5 (fixed in 6.4.5)

Published 2025-12-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.