CVE-2023-54273
xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker
N/A
Published: December 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:47 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: xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker At the stage of direction checks, the netdev reference tracker is already initialized, but released with wrong *_put() call.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Vendor states this is fixed in 7d16c515059b3746f2d6a24a74c3ba786a68c2a1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ec8f32ad9a65a8cbb465b69e154aaec9d2fe45c4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
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