CVE-2023-53746
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Publication date: 2025-12-08

Last updated on: 2025-12-08

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio-ap: fix memory leak in vfio_ap device driver The device release callback function invoked to release the matrix device uses the dev_get_drvdata(device *dev) function to retrieve the pointer to the vfio_matrix_dev object in order to free its storage. The problem is, this object is not stored as drvdata with the device; since the kfree function will accept a NULL pointer, the memory for the vfio_matrix_dev object is never freed. Since the device being released is contained within the vfio_matrix_dev object, the container_of macro will be used to retrieve its pointer.
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Published
2025-12-08
Last Modified
2025-12-08
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-08
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2023-53746
EUVD
EUVD-2023-60082
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linux linux_kernel *
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's vfio_ap device driver. Specifically, the device release callback function tries to free memory for a vfio_matrix_dev object using a pointer retrieved by dev_get_drvdata, but since the object is not stored as driver data, the pointer is NULL and the memory is never freed, causing a memory leak.

Impact Analysis

The memory leak caused by this vulnerability can lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially degrading system performance or causing resource exhaustion if the device is repeatedly released without freeing memory.

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