CVE-2023-53746
Published: Dec 8, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 1fde573413b549d52183382e639c1d6ce88f5959 - < 5195de1d5f66b276683240a896783f7f43c4f664affected 1fde573413b549d52183382e639c1d6ce88f5959 - < ee17dea3072dec0bc34399a32fa884e26342e4eaaffected 1fde573413b549d52183382e639c1d6ce88f5959 - < aa2bff25e9bb10c935c7ffe3d5f5975bdccb1749affected 1fde573413b549d52183382e639c1d6ce88f5959 - < 6a40fda14b4be3e38f03cc42ffd4efbc64fb3e67affected 1fde573413b549d52183382e639c1d6ce88f5959 - < 7b6a02f5bf15931464c79dfd487c57f76aae3496+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.20unaffected 0 - < 4.20unaffected 5.4.240 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.177 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.106 - <= 5.15.*+3 more versions |
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