CVE-2023-54273Deployment of Wrong Handler in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker At the stage of direction checks, the netdev reference tracker is already initialized, but released with wrong *_put() call.

Affected Packages3 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.2.06.3.4
CVEListV5linux/linux919e43fad5163a8ceb39826ecdee897a9f7993517d16c515059b3746f2d6a24a74c3ba786a68c2a1+2
debiandebian/linux

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c9xp-xhgq-2rj5: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker At the stage of direction checks, the netdev refer2025-12-30
OSV
CVE-2023-54273: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker At the stage of direction checks, the netdev referen2025-12-30
OSV
xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker2025-12-30

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to xfrm resource leak2025-12-30
Debian
CVE-2023-54273: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix l...2023

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
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