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Publication date: 2025-10-01

Last updated on: 2025-10-02

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix a memory leak Add a forgotten kfree().

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Published

2025-10-01

Last Modified

2025-10-02

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-01

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2023-53512

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
linux	kernel	*

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's scsi mpt3sas driver caused by a missing call to kfree(), which is a function used to free allocated memory. The issue has been fixed by adding the forgotten kfree() call.

Impact Analysis

A memory leak can cause the affected system to consume increasing amounts of memory over time, potentially leading to degraded performance or system instability if the leak is significant and persistent.

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