CVE-2023-54106

net/mlx5: fix potential memory leak in mlx5e_init_rep_rx

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Published: December 24, 2025 at 01:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: fix potential memory leak in mlx5e_init_rep_rx The memory pointed to by the priv->rx_res pointer is not freed in the error path of mlx5e_init_rep_rx, which can lead to a memory leak. Fix by freeing the memory in the error path, thereby making the error path identical to mlx5e_cleanup_rep_rx().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.0 ≤ v < 6.1.456.0 ≤ v < 6.4.106.0 ≤ v < 6.56.0af8bbf7300686961f74e72e2dc10a76672603cb3
Vendor states this is fixed in 0582a3caaa3e2f7b80bcb113ad3c910eac15a63e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c265d8c2e25546a6b7ee16d36f2bb79b6160c2c3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c6cf0b6097bf1bf1b2a89b521e9ecd26b581a93a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.45 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5 (unaffected)

Remediation

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