CVE-2023-54169net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_ptp_open
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.20%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 90% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 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)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 145e5637d941daec2e8d1ff21676cbf1aa62cf4d – < 4892e1e548b5bd6524c1c89df06e4849df26fc20
- affected 145e5637d941daec2e8d1ff21676cbf1aa62cf4d – < 83a8f7337a14cdb215c76a8f4cf3f3be8b59177d
- affected 145e5637d941daec2e8d1ff21676cbf1aa62cf4d – < 7035e3ae600c4e9cb3dc220c24dd77112ddff8b1
- affected 145e5637d941daec2e8d1ff21676cbf1aa62cf4d – < d543b649ffe58a0cb4b6948b3305069c5980a1fa
- affected 5.11
- unaffected < 5.11
- unaffected 5.15.121 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.40 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.4.5 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4892e1e548b5bd6524c1c89df06e4849df26fc20 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a8f7337a14cdb215c76a8f4cf3f3be8b59177d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7035e3ae600c4e9cb3dc220c24dd77112ddff8b1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d543b649ffe58a0cb4b6948b3305069c5980a1fa (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-60472 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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