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CVE-2023-53745

um: vector: Fix memory leak in vector_config

Description

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.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. Published

  3. · 5 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb – < 5c49fb5ad01104acc584405572abf6616d45148e
    • affected 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb – < 6480c3a12755bf85d6738ab60967e89b809c701a
    • affected 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb – < f2b9c4544e3bd60f353732291300097b0e8d8454
    • affected 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb – < 276a7298af6a801e9a865282605a79303365ec66
    • affected 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb – < c8583b4655aab44a9796b5c4a681ddcc6fe2f0d0
    • affected 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb – < 634a9c139cc1362f6a9cc6cbfe442dbb60ff9f3f
    • affected 49da7e64f33e80edffb1a9eeb230fa4c3f42dffb – < 8f88c73afe481f93d40801596927e8c0047b6d96
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 4.17
    • unaffected < 4.17
    • unaffected 4.19.276 – ≤ 4.19.*
    • unaffected 5.4.235 – ≤ 5.4.*
    • unaffected 5.10.173 – ≤ 5.10.*
    • unaffected 5.15.100 – ≤ 5.15.*
    • unaffected 6.1.18 – ≤ 6.1.*
    • unaffected 6.2.5 – ≤ 6.2.*
    • unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *

References

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