CVE-2023-53745

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/276a7298af6a801e9a865282605a79303365ec66
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c49fb5ad01104acc584405572abf6616d45148e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/634a9c139cc1362f6a9cc6cbfe442dbb60ff9f3f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6480c3a12755bf85d6738ab60967e89b809c701a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f88c73afe481f93d40801596927e8c0047b6d96
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8583b4655aab44a9796b5c4a681ddcc6fe2f0d0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2b9c4544e3bd60f353732291300097b0e8d8454

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-08 02:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:45

NVD link : CVE-2023-53745

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53745

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53745

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

No CWE.

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