5.5

CVE-2023-53546: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53546DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53546
Published 04-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53546 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 12
RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:3138SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx when mlx5_cmd_exec failed in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx, the memory pointed by 'in' is not released, which will cause memory leak. Move memory release after mlx5_cmd_exec.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.16% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu119 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-169.187 | < 5.15.0-88.98
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1116.126 | < 5.15.0-1049.54
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2, < 800d8c96bf997da5eb76ccf8d88795c4231c83fb | ≥ 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2, < 165159854757dbae0dfd1812b27051da35aa6223 | ≥ 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2, < 00cecb0a8f9e7a21754d5ad85813ab6b47b3308f | ≥ 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2, < 3169c3854397f3070a63b1b772db16dcb8cba7b4 | ≥ 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2, < 622d71d99124e69f7bf2e2b7a89f5f444a24d235 | ≥ 1d9186476e12c85dc81a0f01f5c614a9683af7f2, < 5dd77585dd9d0e03dd1bceb95f0269a7eaf6b936 | 5.4
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.4, < 5.4.253 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.190 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.126 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.45 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.10 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2 | 6.5:rc3 | 6.5:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.11-1

3 vendors · 122 products

References

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