CVE-2023-54055
published 2025-12-24CVE-2023-54055: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is…
PriorityP419medium5.5
EPSS
0.22%
12.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object
memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time
unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD)
for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain
allocated till function deinitialization.
Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table
and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.1.25-1 (bookworm) | linux 6.1.25-1 (bookworm) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 44d9e52977a1b90b0db1c7f8b197c218e9226520 < 810250c9c6616fe131099c0e51c61f2110ed07bf | 810250c9c6616fe131099c0e51c61f2110ed07bf |
| linux | linux | >= 44d9e52977a1b90b0db1c7f8b197c218e9226520 < ee02fa4a71bdb95a444124e5c11eaa22f1f44738 | ee02fa4a71bdb95a444124e5c11eaa22f1f44738 |
| linux | linux | >= 44d9e52977a1b90b0db1c7f8b197c218e9226520 < adf58bd4018fbcd990c62e840afd2f178eefad60 | adf58bd4018fbcd990c62e840afd2f178eefad60 |
| linux | linux | >= 44d9e52977a1b90b0db1c7f8b197c218e9226520 < b69a6979dbaa2453675fe9c71bdc2497fedb11f9 | b69a6979dbaa2453675fe9c71bdc2497fedb11f9 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.1.25-1 | 6.1.25-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.1.25-1 | 6.1.25-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.1.25-1 | 6.1.25-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.14.0 < 5.15.108 | 5.15.108 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16.0 < 6.1.25 | 6.1.25 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2.0 < 6.2.12 | 6.2.12 |
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OSV
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
osv·2025-12-24
CVE-2023-54055 RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object
memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time
unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD)
for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain
allocated till function deinitialization.
Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table
and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
GHSA
GHSA-8x32-fq94-j5fv: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object m
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-12-24
CVE-2023-54055 GHSA-8x32-fq94-j5fv: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object m
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object
memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time
unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD)
for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain
allocated till function deinitialization.
Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table
and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
OSV
CVE-2023-54055: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object mem
osv·2025-12-24
CVE-2023-54055 CVE-2023-54055: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object mem
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD) for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain allocated till function deinitialization. Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in RDMA/irdma subsystem leads to Denial of Service
vendor_redhat·2025-12-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2023-54055 [MEDIUM] CWE-772 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in RDMA/irdma subsystem leads to Denial of Service
kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in RDMA/irdma subsystem leads to Denial of Service
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object
memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time
unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD)
for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain
allocated till function deinitialization.
Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table
and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's RDMA/irdma subsystem. When the `irdma` module is unloaded, certain memory objects (P
Debian
CVE-2023-54055: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma:...
vendor_debian·2023
CVE-2023-54055 CVE-2023-54055: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma:...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD) for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain allocated till function deinitialization. Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 6.1.25-1)
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.1.25-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.1.25-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 6.1.25-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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## CVE-2023-54055 :
Linux Kernel vulnerability analysis and mitigation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object
memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time
unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD)
for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain
allocated till function deinitialization.
Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table
and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
Source : NVD
Published December 24, 2025
CNA Score N/A
Affected Technologies
Linux Kernel
Linux Debian
Has Public Exploit No
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Bugzilla
CVE-2023-54055 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in RDMA/irdma subsystem leads to Denial of Service
bugzilla·2025-12-24
CVE-2023-54055 [MEDIUM] CVE-2023-54055 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in RDMA/irdma subsystem leads to Denial of Service
CVE-2023-54055 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in RDMA/irdma subsystem leads to Denial of Service
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
On rmmod of irdma, the PBLE object memory is not being freed. PBLE object
memory are not statically pre-allocated at function initialization time
unlike other HMC objects. PBLEs objects and the Segment Descriptors (SD)
for it can be dynamically allocated during scale up and SD's remain
allocated till function deinitialization.
Fix this leak by adding IRDMA_HMC_IW_PBLE to the iw_hmc_obj_types[] table
and skip pbles in irdma_create_hmc_obj but not in irdma_del_hmc_objects().
Discussion:
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122426-CVE-2023-54055-3b5f
2025-12-24
Published