CVE-2023-53745 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

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No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		um: vector: Fix memory leak in vector_config
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-08T01:19:04.133Z

Updated: 2025-12-08T01:19:04.133Z

Reserved: 2025-12-08T01:18:04.279Z

Link: CVE-2023-53745

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-08T02:15:49.787

Modified: 2025-12-08T18:26:19.900

Link: CVE-2023-53745

Redhat

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