CVE-2023-54215 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime7 documents6 sources
Severity
3.3LOW
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-vdpa: Fix cpumask memory leak in virtio_vdpa_find_vqs() Free the cpumask allocated by create_affinity_masks() before returning from the function.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.4.0 — 6.4.12
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.4.13-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linux3dad56823b5332ffdbe1867b2d7b50fbacea124a — fa450621efab58121fe8e57f7a7b80fee6e0bae1+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.4.13-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g4v8-cg96-4xjg: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-vdpa: Fix cpumask memory leak in virtio_vdpa_find_vqs() Free the cpumask↗2025-12-30
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OSV
CVE-2023-54215: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-vdpa: Fix cpumask memory leak in virtio_vdpa_find_vqs() Free the cpumask al↗2025-12-30
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OSV
virtio-vdpa: Fix cpumask memory leak in virtio_vdpa_find_vqs()↗2025-12-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: virtio-vdpa: Fix cpumask memory leak in virtio_vdpa_find_vqs()↗2025-12-30
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Debian
CVE-2023-54215: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-vdpa...↗2023
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-54215 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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