FKIE_CVE-2023-53512
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-01 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:45
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mpt3sas: Fix a memory leak
Add a forgotten kfree().
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:45:30.283",
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